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Moses dazzles as Chelsea defeat Barcelona
In from Nifemi Daniel…
Super Eagles winger, Victor Moses, was at his best again for Chelsea on Wednesday as the English Premier League champions beat European kings Barcelona 4-2 on penalties in Manila in an International Champions Cup friendly.
The teams were deadlocked 2-2 after full time. Chelsea’s Eden Hazard opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Luis Suarez and Sandro Ramirez netted second-half goals to put Barcelona ahead only to have Gary Cahill pull the Blues level with a header in the 85th minute.
The former Crystal Palace who was scored and was named man of the match in their previous win over PSG on Saturday, came in during the second half alongside compatriot Mikel Obi and was a torn in the flesh of the Catalan giant as well as scoring his penalty kick.
He first combined with Loic Remy to set up Ramires but the Brazilian shot wide.
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Few minutes afterwards Moses skilfully evaded his marker on the right wing and delivered a very dangerous low cross into the six-yard box, but there was no Chelsea player there to tap home.
He delivered two more tempting crosses into the Barcelona box as Chelsea chased the equaliser, further underlining why Mourinho is keen to keep him at Stamford Bridge for the new season.
In the shootout, Alan Halilovic put Barcelona behind when he slammed a shot off the crossbar to open the second round. In the third, Courtois denied Gerard Pique and Chelsea’s Ramires and Loic Remy scored to secure the triumph.
Both squads are in the training stages of defending their crowns and sought to evaluate talent and test combinations against elite competition to conclude their US tours.
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