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Chelsea boss Potter praises Zakaria after victory over Dinamo Zagreb

Chelsea boss Graham Potter was pleased after their 2-1 Champions League win against Dinamo Zagreb.

Denis Zakaria scored on debut for the Blues.

Potter said, "I thought he was really good. 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."

He continued: "Really pleased. Not the ideal start for us but the character was good and overall we played quite well. We attacked well, had some good chances and finished it off in a positive way.

"Whenever we have played Raheem Sterling we try to get him as high as we can. He has only ever needed to defend against the full-backs so it was a slight change in terms of the back four behind him but not too much change.

"The worry would be if you are not creating chances. Tonight we had a few we could have scored obviously. But our intent was good, our play was good and there is always ways to improve but the quality was there.

"We got the win, a performance and the boys gave everything. We are a work in progress but with our Champions League campaign we can be happy. We dust ourselves down for a big game on the weekend."

On Ben Chilwell's injury, he added: "It doesn't look positive. It's a hamstring. We will have to scan it and see how it is."

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