By Dom Toner

Chelsea fans react on Twitter to Jake Clarke-Salter’s pre-season performance

Chelsea started their pre-season with a 1-1 away draw against Brighton – and some of the club’s supporters on Twitter were impressed with the performance of Jake Clarke-Salter.

The Blues squad got some minutes under their belts with a match against Brighton, who are the opposition they kick off the new Premier League season against in a couple of weeks time.

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New Chelsea forward Timo Werner scored the opening goal of the contest in the fourth minute with his close-range finish through the goalkeeper’s legs and he was a bright spark in the contest, while another new boy Hakim Ziyech looked dangerous in the wing too.

Blues goalkeeper Willy Caballero saved one spot-kick early in the second-half, but was beaten from another penalty late on from Pascal Gross to make it 1-1.

Frank Lampard’s side understandably rotated heavily in the second period during the friendly fixture and it was a chance for plenty of academy players to get minutes.

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Clarke-Salter was perhaps a surprise inclusion in the starting Chelsea XI, which was stacked with first-team players who will all hope to be featuring on the opening day of the league season.

The 22-year-old is still a Blues prospect that has only managed two senior appearances for the club, but he’s come through the academy and he impressed last season during a loan at Birmingham City in the Championship.

He is a left-footed centre-back that looked really assured at the back against Brighton with some great passes and a real authority, albeit the Chelsea backline were mainly untested in the first-half.

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Some Chelsea fans have responded to the youngster’s display to suggest that perhaps he should be kept around the first-team squad in the new season and feel he would provide a great balanced option considering he’s a left-footer.

Here are some Blues fans discussing Clarke-Salter:

Dom Toner

Dom is a Chelsea supporter who has worked in online publishing for more than six years. Graduated from Staffordshire University in 2016, he now writes exclusively for The Chelsea Chronicle covering news, analysis and match coverage. He enjoys the dream position of writing about his boyhood club, which seems to be involved in more drama every single day than an episode of The Bill. Aside from his love for Chelsea, he supports and follows the England cricket team. He also fancies himself as the Sunday League version of Michael Essien.