Former England stars, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards and Gary Lineker, has praised Chelsea star Josh Acheampong for ‘stepping up’ in the course of the membership’s defensive damage disaster.
Chelsea downed Premier League title holders, Liverpool 2-1 over the weekend.
Chelsea have because the likes of Reece James, Benoit Badiashile,Levi Colwill, Wesley Fofana and Tosin Adarabioyo Aldo dominated out for various levels of accidents.
Badiashile limped off within the second half in opposition to Liverpool.
Colwill is anticipated to overlook nearly all of the 2025-26 marketing campaign.
Acheampong was known as upon as a consequence of these accidents and was handed a begin in Chelsea’s 2-1 victory over Liverpool.
Shearer, a former Newcastle United man, instructed The Relaxation Is Soccer podcast, “He did nicely, didn’t he?
“When you think about the accidents, notably defensively that Chelsea had, for him to come back in and step up like he did… I used to be impressed with him. He had an excellent recreation.”.
Gary Lineker added, “However I imply, very assured, first time I’ve watched him in an enormous recreation and I assumed, we like that.”
Richards, in the meantime, joked that he was holding a ‘grudge’ in opposition to Acheampong after selecting him in his Fantasy Premier League, FPL, staff.
“I used to be impressed [with Acheampong],” Richards stated.
Acheampong, 19, made his debut for the England U21s final month in a 2-0 win over Kazakhstan.
