After a defeat like Wolves, many Chelsea fans might just jump on the bandwagon of calling for the youth to all play and let the more senior players rot on the bench.

Doing that isn’t the way, but what Morgan Gibbs-White showed is that a youngster without fear and having the confidence of his manager can be a dangerous thing.

"He brought energy. He brought focus," Espirito Santo said after the game. "He has a lot of things to improve on but together we are going to try and build something.

"I think this is one of the best generation of [English) players for a long time. If you think about Phil Foden, he is a world champion [U17s], it's not an example, it's reality. It's amazing what the national team are producing, well done to them."

The 18-year-old was superb for the home side last night, being the major threat, breaking through tackles and being lightening quick on the counter attack.

He also made a massive contribution to the opening goal as he breezed past Cesc Fabregas and then slotted a perfect pass for Raul Jimenez to run on to and fire into the back of the net.

Morgan Gibbs-White battles for possession with Willian

Things hadn't been going well for Wolves, so Espirito Santo took a gamble on the youngster, who is a World Cup winner with the England youth team, and it massively paid off.

Chelsea and Wolves are obviously two very different clubs when it comes to short-term ambition, but the fact that the Blues have a quality youngster in their own ranks in Callum Hudson-Odoi is something to be looked at.

Gibbs-White was the perfect example in how faith in youngsters can go a long way. It might not work every time, but sometimes they just need that opportunity.

If you look at the situation in Chelsea's front line right now, they could do with a little inspiration going forward. Eden Hazard will always keep his place on the left, while it looks like Olivier Giroud or Alvaro Morata will take the number nine position.

But the position on the right is up for grabs. Pedro has netted five times so far in the Premier League, while Willian has found the back of the net just twice and has been below par on several occasions.

Hudson-Odoi has a lot of developing to do, and a lot to learn tactically, there is no doubt, and it is massively unlikely that he would be thrown into the mix for the Manchester City game on Saturday.

But he could just be the spark that the Blues need, as Gibbs-White was for Wolves.


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