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gamble of leaving Hazard and Costa on the bench.

It had those at Wembley muttering beforehand. In the end it was a ploy that worked beautifully, even if it was a near thing.

Of course it helps when the players you can bring off the bench are world class.

Fabregas said: “Ability- wise, there is only one player above Eden, and we all know who that is: Messi.

“Eden is up there with the best. But I’ve told him many times, he needs to be selfi sh and have that killer instinct.

“Then he will be whatever he wants to be. Eden is pushing to that level, and we have to help