As someone who holds dreams of playing for Chelsea’s first team, Fikayo Timori’s return to Stamford Bridge couldn’t have gone much worse.
The on-loan defender returned with Frank Lampard’s Derby County in the EFL Cup alongside fellow youth star Mason Mount.
He’s been playing excellently for the Championship club, consequently helping them too sixth in the table.
And after being given special permission to play against their parent club, Mount and Tomori would have been hoping to impress.
However, it took just five minutes for Tomori to make his impact on the match.
He skewed a cross from Davide Zappacosta into his own net, past the despairing Scott Carson.
Although he recovered well, Derby lost 3-2 to Chelsea and therefore were went home empty-handed.
Despite his mistake, Chelsea fans have high hopes that Tomori can return to the club and fill John Terry’s boots.
So, here’s how Chelsea fans react to their young prospects mistake at Stamford Bridge:
https://twitter.com/Nato781012/status/1057725676772573186
https://twitter.com/snash883/status/1057722294607454208
https://twitter.com/Karovoni/status/1057722473335152642
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