Graham Potter spoke to the media about Denis Zakaria's brilliant debut after Chelsea's 2-1 win over Dinamo Zagreb.
"I thought he was really good," he said in the post-match interview. "You can see what he brings, the quality he has and he played with enthusiasm. He had good discipline and got forward when he could. I was really impressed with him.
"He certainly did more than we asked which was to give us competition there. He did everything he could. He helped the team and scored - a great debut."
In the press conference, he added: “Always to be himself and I thought he did that well. He showed his quality, won the ball back, helped with our attacking play, and obviously to score is fantastic.
"You can see the quality he has and we’ve seen it in training as well. He can strike a good ball so I think it was a nice goal for him and the team. It was an important goal for us so I’m happy he contributed to the team performance and for him to score was nice.”
When asked if Potter was surprised by how fresh Zakaria looked, he replied: “He’s been, as you can imagine, frustrated and disappointed when he doesn’t play. That’s the life of a player but he’s handled himself really well. He’s kept himself fit, he’s trained really hard, supported the team and his teammates in a really good way.
"When you do that, you give yourself a chance to perform when your opportunity comes. So credit to him. Everyone was so happy for him and it was a great story for the whole group I think.”
Source: Chelsea FC via MSN.com
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