Stephan El Shaarawy, Roma expose Chelsea's worsening defence... again



When these two teams played out a thrilling 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge a fortnight ago, Antonio Conte admitted that Chelsea had never controlled proceedings despite taking -- and then surrendering -- a 2-0 lead. Fortunes were reversed at Stadio Olimpico, but Roma were not so generous.

A breathless opening minute was the match in microcosm: Moments after Pedro fired tamely at Alisson after being played clean through by Tiemoue Bakayoko, Aleksandar Kolarov and Edin Dzeko, the former Manchester City men who tormented Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, combined again to undo Conte's men inside 40 seconds.

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