Chelsea hero Joe Cole hailed the performance of Reece James in their Champions League win against Juventus.

James scored Chelsea's second goal of the evening to help Thomas Tuchel's side beat Juventus 4-0 and go top of their Champions League Group.

Cole told BT Sport: "I have been banging the drum for Reece James for years.

"I remember coming back and training with the team after being in America.

"I was blown away by his technical ability. Especially for such a big, strong, athletic lad.

"His touch is velvet, he makes the right pass, takes the right decisions. And when he gets in front of goal it is like your top, top strikers' level of composure and technique."

When asked who his man-of-the-match was later on in the discussion, Cole said: "It has to be Reece James.

"It could have been five, six, seven. But he was just a machine. Take the goal out of it - it was every part of his game."