Madders returned from his long-term knee injury at the end of last season, but made his first start since 1 May, 2025 and completed 70 minutes against the Sky Blues, rifling in a superb opening goal in our 3-1 win.
“I think it’s not just this negative record. There are many, many negative records, but for me it’s one motivation more. For the players, I want this negative record, they give us more motivation, more mentality, more energy to win a game, to play a good game.
Penders was introduced midway through the second half of our victory at Everton last weekend, becoming our youngest Premier League goalkeeper. He replaced Emi Martinez, who took a heavy blow to the face and has subsequently undergone surgery on his jaw.
The 21-year-old became Chelsea’s youngest-ever Premier League goalkeeper when he replaced the injured Emi Martinez in the second half of last weekend’s 2-0 win at Everton.
After an unbeaten start to the 2026/27 campaign, picking up 10 points in the opening four games in September, we head into this weekend’s derby on the back of two disappointing defeats in the competition.
Roberto De Zerbi had to delivery injury updates galore at his press conference on Friday ahead of Tottenham's derby at Chelsea.
Years ago, when AC Milan finally won the Scudetto in the 2021/22 season, which almost seems like a different life time, Sandro Tonali was touted as the new midfield general in Italian football and budding into one of the best registas in the game.
