There were a few Chelsea debutants during Sunday’s defeat against Manchester City, including Pedro Neto.
Chelsea suffered a 2-0 home loss versus Man City this weekend in their opening game of the Premier League season. Erling Haaland and Mateo Kovacic both scored to give the visitors maximum points at Stamford Bridge.
For Blues head coach Enzo Maresca, he started his time in West London with a defeat to the reigning champions. His side’s next league clash is away at Wolverhampton Wanderers next Sunday, but before that is a Conference League play-off first leg against Servette on Thursday night.
Pedro Neto, 24, was one of four players to make their Chelsea debuts today. Neto, Marc Guiu, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Renato Veiga all come off the bench for club debuts.
The summer signing replaced Christopher Nkunku on the left wing in the 58th minute and had a couple of bright sparks. Neto thinks speed and one-on-one dribbling is his greatest strength, which is something the fanbase saw a glimpse of.
Chelsea fans agree on Pedro Neto
Many Chelsea supporters on social media all agreed that Neto needs to be in their starting line-up moving forward after his cameo display versus Man City.
Here are some Blues fans on X discussing the Portuguese winger:
One fan wrote: “Neto need to start.”
Another claimed: “If we play this system then Neto has to start, not because he might be good or anything but he’s more suited to play as the touchline winger than anyone else at this club.”
A third user shared: “Neto has to start no questions asked.”
One supporter posted: “Next game start Neto at left wing & let Nkunku play as the 10 behind Jackson…”
Another said: “Neto starts for me next weekend.”
There’s a lot more to come from Pedro Neto
Neto showed glimpses of quality during his first half an hour as a Chelsea player, certainly enough to encourage the supporters. However, there’s so much more to come from the rapid winger once he’s settled in at his new home.
His £54m transfer (BBC) from Wolves could turn out to be a brilliant piece of business if he keeps fit and fulfils his potential.
He got his first minutes for the Blues on the left wing, where he’s great driving at a full-back. He’s capable of playing more centrally in attack or on the right wing, too.
It’s a very good sign for him that he’s already won over fans, plus got some minutes today while Mykhailo Mudryk and Noni Madueke were left on the bench.
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