{"id":6609,"date":"2026-05-09T22:26:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6609"},"modified":"2026-05-09T22:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T22:26:21","slug":"enzo-fernandez-may-have-broken-record-set-by-chelsea-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6609","title":{"rendered":"Enzo Fernandez may have broken record set by Chelsea favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A goal for Enzo Fernandez has put him ahead of some top players in the club\u2019s history for Premier League efforts.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is some debate about Chelsea\u2019s equalising goal against Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>Enzo Fernandez whipped a free kick low across the box from a wide position and Wesley Fofana lunged at it, freezing the goalkeeper in place.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, it didn\u2019t look like the defender got a touch, and the ball bounced in off the far post after going past everyone. Fofana\u2019s celebration, pointing at Enzo, seemed to clear up that it was a goal for the Argentine. However TNT Sport eventually produced an angle which seemed to show a clear touch from the Frenchman.<\/p>\n<h2>Enzo\u2019s goal puts him level with icons<\/h2>\n<p>Either way, it\u2019s Enzo\u2019s goal for now, and if it stays that way it puts the midfielder ahead of Michael Ballack, Michael Essien and Olivier Giroud on Premier League goals. He\u2019s now level with Juan Mata on 18.<\/p>\n<p>Say what you like about Enzo as a person and a player \u2013 he certainly has an eye for goal. We wonder what number he will end up on when he leaves Stamford Bridge?<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>The equaliser came from Enzo Fernandez \u2013 or Wesley Fofana \u2013 depending on who you believe. It came in a period where Chelsea were really strong.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea were behind from early in this one after Filip Jorgensen made a poor effort to stop Ryan Gravenberch\u2019s shot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Enzo Fernandez<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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