George Benson questions Estêvão's unused place on Chelsea's bench
His post-Liverpool reaction drew six times the usual first-day comments, with selection decisions occupying viewers as much as the shootout.
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Story of Why this story? The video drew 964 comments in its first day, 6.3 times a normal first day on this channel (152).
6 THINGS WE LEARNT FROM LIVERPOOL 1-1 CHELSEA (6-5 PENS) ☠️
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- 0:46Benson questions why Estêvão does not start despite Cole Palmer's suspension.
- 5:11Fofana's handball penalty and missed shootout kick form Benson's first main talking point.
- 6:51Benson praises Caicedo's pressing but questions taking him off with 20 minutes remaining.
- 9:28Penders earns credit for saves during normal time and a penalty stop in the shootout.
- 10:44Benson warns that leaving Estêvão unused risks another missed opportunity like Salah or De Bruyne.
- 13:26He holds Alonso responsible for the tactical setup, pressing structure and unused attacking option.
Chelsea needed creativity at Anfield, George Benson argues, yet an attacking option never left the bench. That decision gives his post-match review its central question: why did Estêvão Willian get no minutes with Cole Palmer suspended?
Liverpool's penalty-shootout victory ended Chelsea's Carabao Cup run. Benson's regular six-point review then drew nearly a thousand comments in its first day, a much busier conversation than usual despite ordinary viewing numbers.
Estêvão's omission is a recurring subject in the comments. Viewers question why Chelsea left him unused when the attack was struggling, while others scrutinize Wesley Fofana's performance and Xabi Alonso's substitutions. There is also a more measured discussion of goalkeeper Mike Penders and what he can learn from Emiliano Martínez.
Benson finds positives himself. He credits Penders with important saves and praises Moisés Caicedo's energetic pressing, making the midfielder's substitution another decision he struggles to understand.
But the unused substitute keeps pulling him back. Benson invokes Mohamed Salah and Kevin De Bruyne as warnings about letting attacking talent leave Chelsea without fulfilling its potential there. It is his concern about Estêvão's future, not evidence that a departure is coming.
The video includes a sponsored app segment. Benson has also carried the football argument into follow-up uploads, clarifying that he is not demanding Estêvão start every match: he wants to know why a game short of chances offered him no opportunity at all.
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What viewers say
Respect for Penders, I think he will make a decent keeper, and he will learn a lot from Martinez
@brittaniaukSee it on YouTubei love when we lack anything and we just leave estevao out
@Chimera5hypeSee it on YouTubeYou are right about Estevao George...it is like Amorin no playing Mainoo
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