Morata gets assist on debut as Chelsea lose to Bayern

Morata gets assist on debut as Chelsea lose to Bayern

Alvaro Morata marked his first appearance for Chelsea with an assist as the Blues lost 3-2 to Bayern Munich in a pre-season friendly in Singapore.

The Spain forward, who joined in a club record £60m deal from Real Madrid last week, came on in the second half.

With Chelsea 3-1 down, Alonso flicked on a Cesc Fabregas corner for Michy Batshuayi to poke in.

A Rafinha goal and a Thomas Muller brace had put Bayern in command before Marcos Alonso scored for Chelsea.

Bayern made a fast start to the contest, clearly stung by the drubbing they suffered at the hands of AC Milan in their last outing in the tournament.

Carlo Ancelotti’s team were soon in front when Rafinha picked up possession of the ball some 30 yards out, before the Brazil international strode forward and beat Thibaut Courtois with a low shot into the corner of the net.

Before the Blues could catch their breath, Bayern had doubled their lead as James Rodriguez – starting out wide on the right – picked out Franck Ribery on the opposite flank.

The winger’s quick feet then saw him get free to the byline, and his inch-perfect chip to the far post was volleyed home by the unmarked Muller.

The rejuvenated Muller scored his second after 27 minutes, starting a run inside his own half before beating the helpless Courtois with a curling effort from just outside the area.

After a pre-arranged water break, Conte made a tactical tweak and got his players to take a more direct approach with positive consequences as his side began to gain a foothold in proceedings.

However, the goal that got the Blues back into the contest owed nothing to that and everything to a lovely move involving Willian, whose clever dummy released Victor Moses down the right wing.

And when the wing back’s pull back reached Alonso on the opposite wing, the Spaniard launched an unstoppable drive into the top right-hand corner of the net.

The second half was predictably interrupted by a succession of substitutions, one of which saw the introduction of Chelsea’s new £70m signing Morata.

But given just 27 minutes to impress, the Spaniard was unable to make the dream debut, although Batshuayi continued his impressive pre-season form by scoring a late consolation for Chelsea.

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