Wayne Rooney heaped praise on Marc Cucurella following Chelsea ’s 3-0 victory over ten-man Barcelona , saying the defender produced the best performance he had seen from a left-back in a ‘long, long time’.

Estevao stole the limelight with another scintillating individual performance on a memorable night for the Stamford Bridge faithful, with Enzo Maresca’s men rising to fifth in the table.

The Brazilian teenager shone throughout the first half and doubled Chelsea’s lead with a moment of brilliance in the 55th minute after Jules Kounde had earlier fired into his own net.

After picking up possession out wide on the right, Estevao danced past Pau Cubarsi on the edge of the box before arrowing the ball into the roof of the net from a tight angle.

As Chelsea fans proceeded to taun

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