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Chilwell accepts having to fight for start with Chelsea and England

Chelsea fullback Ben Chilwell was delighted to score for England in their World Cup qualifying victory over Andorra.

The 24-year-old now has three goals in his past five starts for club and country, though the runout was just his fifth appearance of the campaign. Marcos Alonso's excellent form has kept the Spaniard in the Chelsea team, while Euro 2020 in the summer proved a difficult experience as Chilwell failed to play a single minute at the tournament.

"These things happen in football," Chilwell said of the challenges he's faced in recent months. "Everyone has periods in their career where things don't go their way and you just have to make sure that you're training hard and ready when that opportunity comes to take it and show that you should be playing.

"It's very proud every time you put the shirt on and I just wanted to get on the pitch and give the gaffer a bit of a headache for the future games. Just playing for England is such a special feeling and to get that goal and a good win was nice."

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