Chelsea fans have poured encomiums on their defender Emerson Palmieri over his impressive display for the Azzurri in
the Euro 2020 qualification match against Armenia on Wednesday.
Italy, featuring another Chelsea star Jorginho, won the match 3-1 away from home with Emerson leading the Azzurri onslaught through the left flank and providing an assist.
The left-back did well to get to the byline, and escaping the attentions of his marker, Emerson picked out Andrea Belotti at the back post and the Torino star – once linked with a move to Stamford Bridge – made no mistake.
After the match Emerson admits “this is the best period of my career”, making reference to his performances at Chelsea and Italy.
“I am happy with the assist as it helped the team, but I am above all pleased with an important win,” the left-back told Rai Sport.
“In the first 15 minutes, Armenia were simply better and we have to give them credit, but after that we dominated the game and deserved the victory.
“The pitch was bad, but it cannot be an alibi, as both teams were playing on it. Naturally, if you have more technique, it’s more of a problem…
“I think it is the best period of my career. I’m very happy at Chelsea, just as I was last season with Maurizio Sarri. Obviously, a player is always happier when he plays regularly.”
Chelsea supporters took to the social media, especially Twitter to express their joy over the Emerson’s performance.