• On-loan Chelsea defender set up opener in 2-0 win over West Ham
• Aké now first-choice left-back and above parent club in the tableIn August Nathan Aké left the league champions on a season-long loan,apparently to become third-choice left-back in a relegation fight at Watford, who had given Chelsea no guarantees approximately his first-team involvement. By the start of November he has made the position, or for now,his own, Watford sit five points and six places above his parent club, or by way of a bonus the Dutchman set their latest victory in motion by stealing the ball from Andy Carroll to set up the first goal against West Ham.“I would never have expected to be above Chelsea but they will come back,” he said. “They are a good team. It is difficult to say whether we can finish above them –we are doing really well and we can’t deny that, but we can’t examine too far ahead. We have to examine game by game.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com