UCL: One Chelsea player fingered as a ridiculous talent vs Zenit

Man Utd legend Rio Ferdinand has named Chelsea defender as a ridiculous talent during the Blues game vs Zenit at the St. Petersburg stadium in Russia on Wednesday night.

The game ended in a brace from Timo Werner and a strike from Romelu Lukaku.

Zenit players Claudinho, Sardar Azmoun and Magomed Ozdoyev also scored one goal each.

During the match, Chelsea manager, Thomas Tuchel, featured right-sided defender James in an unusual central midfield role.

Ferdinand, however, believes James was dominating, passing and breaking things up throughout the encounter.

Reacting to James performance,  Ferdinard told BT Sport, “He’s a ridiculous talent.

“We spoke about right-backs in this country with huge talent dictating games – he went into midfield and looked like he’d been playing there all his life. He was dominating, passing, breaking things up.

“He’s an integral part of the team there. You win games in the central midfield area a lot of the time, that battle in there. He’s gone in there in a Champions League game and produced a performance that is getting people talking about him.

‘Only top players can do that, those that are intelligent enough to adapt to different positions. You don’t worry about those players. The way Reece goes into different areas of the pitch when he receives it in the middle of the pitch, he looks so comfortable.”