Chelsea U19 manager Adi Viveash has hailed his squad after they won the UEFA Youth League on Monday night.

The Blues youngsters defeated Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk 3-2 in the final in Nyon, Switzerland with the help of captain Isaiah Brown's brace and one goal from the competition's leading scorer Dom Solanke.

Viveash was over the moon after the triumph, telling Chelsea's official website:"'It's a great achievement for the Academy.

"The current coaches and backroom staff that work with this age group are the fortunate ones because years of hard work have gone into these players' development. It's just phenomenal for everyone that works in the Academy from top to bottom.

"We started the game brilliantly and scored a great early goal through Izzy but then we took our foot off the gas a little and you can't afford to do that against teams of this quality. Shakhtar then stepped up their game and got a justified equaliser but we did respond well with another strong spell before half-time.

"We started the second half in the same improved way we did against Roma [in the semi-final] and worked the ball a lot better, scoring two more good goals early on. We dominated the second half and Shakhtar struggled to handle us but then so has every other team we've played which is why, when we're on form, we're the best."