Development Squad: Chelsea 1-3 Arsenal

A year ago this week, Chelsea’s Development Squad suffered a 2-1 defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur in a performance that did not augur well ahead of preparations for their trip to Switzerland for the UEFA Youth League Finals weekend.

Then, having scraped past FC Porto on penalties and after an 87th-minute equaliser, they were taken apart by Barcelona in the Final, and were left to rue their poor form in the build-up to the season’s showpiece occasion. Fast-forward back to the current day, and a similarly disappointing reverse against another North London outfit left them with plenty of work to do ahead of this year’s trip, as Freddie Ljungb...