Liam Rosenior says Chelsea player gets stick “based on the way” he looks | OneFootball

Liam Rosenior believes that winger Alejandro Garnacho could be getting stick purely based on the way he looks.

The former Manchester United player has always had to deal with getting booed and stick from away fans during games, something that has now carried on to his time at Chelsea as well. He is often on the receiving end to a lot of criticism as well.

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He’s not really came in and banged at Chelsea yet, and he’s mostly just been used as a bench player. But it looks like he could get a start tonight against Aston Villa.

Rosenior on Garnacho

Alejandro Garnacho scores his second goal. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

Liam Rosenior says Alejandro Garnacho is ‘knocking on the door to start’ against Aston Villa.

‘Garna is a top player,’ said Rosenior at his pre-match press conference as cited on Chelsea FC. ‘I’ve changed a little bit tactically since I’ve come in; I’ve wanted to dominate midfield areas. That has meant at times I’ve only played with one winger, but Garna is an outstanding player.

‘What I’ve really liked in this period is his reaction to not starting. He’s been training very well and showed real positivity when he came on against Arsenal [on Sunday].

‘He was also magnificent against Hull in the FA Cup and had a huge impact in the game against Arsenal when he scored two goals [Carabao Cup semi-final first leg].’

Rosenior continued: ‘We have got to take into account that Garna is 21 – he’s got huge ability and huge potential.

‘For any young player, the biggest thing to be challenged is your consistency level, but he’s showing really good signs, not just in training but in meetings, that he’s on a really good track. He’s definitely going to get his opportunities to play with the schedule we’ve got coming up.

‘Garna has put himself in a really, really good place the last few weeks and he’s more than knocking on the door to start.

‘He’s a great kid. He’s had a very difficult thing happen in his life recently – and rather than tell me about that, he wanted to put himself forward for a game and only told me after the game when he had to go back home.

‘People make judgments based on the way people look. Garna is a really good character who works really hard every day in training. I know in the end his quality is going to show in a really consistent way.’

In other news today…

Speaking after the defeat to Arsenal from Sunday afternoon, Liam Rosenior, has come out and called for a rule change regarding corners.

Meanwhile, Reece James’ father has been given the task of working with incoming wonderkid Dastan Satpaev in his own youth academy, keeping it all very close to home.

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