Alvaro Morata shines on Chelsea debut in defeat to Bayern Munich

Published on: 25 July 2017

Alvaro Morata caught the eye on debut despite Chelsea losing 3-2 to Bayern Munich in Singapore today.

Morata helped set up a goal on his Chelsea debut but could not prevent a 3-2 friendly defeat against Bayern.

The £60million signing from Real Madrid came on as a second-half substitute with his new side trailing by two goals, and teed up Michy Batshuayi for his fifth goal of pre-season.

But Chelsea paid the price for a slow start, falling 3-0 behind before Marcos Alonso and Batshuayi made the scoreline respectable.

The Blues fielded a strong starting line-up, including Gary Cahill, Cesc Fabregas, N'Golo Kante and Batshuayi - but still found themselves 2-0 down after just 11 minutes.

First Brazilian full-back Rafinha came forward and pinged a low shot from 25 yards which found it's way into the corner.

Then Franck Ribery found space to wander down the left wing before floating in a cross which Thomas Muller volleyed past Thibaut Courtois.

Willian dragged a shot wide for Chelsea before Muller struck again, just before the half-hour mark, with a 30-yard thunderbolt.

But in first-half stoppage time the Premier League champions pulled one back when Alonso drilled in Victor Moses' square pass.

Morata made his mark with six minutes remaining, flicking on a Fabregas corner at the near post to leave Batshuayi with a tap-in.

Source: tribalfootball.com

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