After scoring in Rosenior’s first Premier League game in charge – a 1-0 victory over Brentford at Stamford Bridge – and netting in our weekend victory over Crystal Palace, Joao Pedro was trusted to lead the line in our must-win Champions League clash.

Victory would almost certainly secure the Blues a place in the Round of 16, and we broke the deadlock in the 19th minute when Enzo Fernandez converted a penalty.

Yet Napoli responded in front of their supporters and went into the half-time interval ahead. There was work to be done in the second period by the Blues.

Rosenior made tactical tweaks as the half progressed and we levelled when Joao Pedro fired home from distance on the hour mark. The Brazil international wasn’t done, though, and struck what proved to be our winner with eight minutes to play.

The quality of Joao Pedro’s two goals came as no surprise to Rosenior, but he was more impressed by the 24-year-old’s work ethic and readiness to support his team-mates.

The Blues head coach said: ‘I have had very, very good conversations with Joao already, probably four in my office – I think he's sick of my office! – where I've said to him, if you play with intensity given your quality, that quality comes out.

‘The two goals are fantastic, but I was so pleased with the way he held the ball up for the team and the way he sprinted and started our press. The harder you work, the better you are as a player, and I’m very happy to have Joao in our team.’

It wasn’t just the Brazil international who was namechecked by Rosenior, however. He reiterated the importance of the ‘collective mentality’ of his players to come from behind and praised several other members of his squad for their performances.

‘It wasn’t just Cole Palmer [who influenced the game] after he came on,’ said Rosenior.

‘Jamie Gittens came on and I asked him to play a left wing back role, which is not one he had played before, and he was magnificent. Ale Garnacho came on and helped the team.

‘Obviously, Joao was top, but we tactically changed too. I thought Andrey Santos had a very good game, but we needed to go for the win, and when Enzo moved back into the six role, he started to really dominate and control the game alongside Moi.

‘So there many, many players [who influenced the game] and many important individual performances.’

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