Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has broken down the ‘mistake’ that Chelsea star Joao Felix made during the Blues’ Champions League defeat to Real Madrid.
Frank Lampard’s side face an uphill task to progress to the semi-finals after losing 2-0 at the Bernabeu.
That was despite a decent start from the visitors in the Spanish capital, with the Blues looking to catch the La Liga giants cold.
With just 100 seconds on the clock, Chelsea did exactly that when N’Golo Kante played a neat one-two and threaded a through ball though to Felix.
The Portuguese had the freedom of Madrid’s half but he only managed to get a weak shot away at Thibaut Courtois after Eder Militao closed him down.
But Henry says Felix should have done better with the crucial opening by cutting across the defender, who would either have to foul him or give him more time to shoot.
‘You would like to think Joao Felix would have had the composure in the box,’ Henry told CBS.
‘Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been in that situation and it is not easy.
‘What was easy for me was to have the awareness that you need to cut across.
‘That’s the first thing that you learn as a centre forward. When defenders are chasing, I cut across.
‘Slow or quick striker, it will give you that advantage of 1v1 or a red card. I’ve been in that situation, although I’d like to think I was composed in the box.”
‘You overthink it. I do believe that you always have time in the box, football time.
‘When you’re not scoring, it feels like that time is really fast and you don’t have that composure anymore.’
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