Terrace Talk: Chelsea - Pedro adds new life into old warriors

Where to start? Saved penalty, Pedro’s dream debut, JT’s sending off — dull it was not.

Given everything that went on in the game it is easy to overlook Courtois’ penalty save which was hugely significant. After the indifferent start we’ve had, the fallout following the footballing lesson City gave us last week and the papers already talking about a “crisis” at the Bridge, it would have made for a very difficult afternoon had we gone a goal down so early in the game (especially as we’ve not done too well at the Hawthorns in recent years AND we wearing our “unlucky” black kit).

Instead Courtois made an impressive save and we tore into the Albion like a team possessed. We went 2-0 up and that looked like game over, but we do nothing the easy way anymore.