The striker made up for lost time and Giovani Lo Celso added bite but the lasting impression was expensive disappointmentThere was still plenty to love, of course. There always is in this fixture: whatever the standard, whatever the stakes. Here, it was Chelsea’s two smartly taken left-footed goals, the first a sharp chance for the irrepressible Olivier Giroud, the second a thunderous finish by Marcos Alonso, a player who for all his manifold qualities never looks happier than when trying to leather a football as hard as he possibly can.Giroud was a delightful, puppyish presence: starved of a first-team start since November and eager to make ...
