Hakim Ziyech helped Chelsea kick off their pre-season campaign with a win after scoring a hat-trick against Peterborough on Saturday.
The Blues thrashed Posh 6-1 despite missing a number of their star players as they continue to rest from this summer's European Championship.
Their absence did, however, allow several youngsters and forgotten men to prove their worth to Thomas Tuchel at the club's training base in Cobham.
Ross Barkley was among those who made a surprise appearances for the Blues - having spent last season on-loan at Aston Villa.
The 27-year-old preformed exceptionally in Chelsea's first pre-season friendly and received praise for his contribution.
Danny Drinkwater was another player who was given the opportunity to impress the Chelsea manager on Saturday afternoon after returning from a loan spell in Turkey with Kasimpasa.
He started in Tuchel's 3-4-3 formation despite his last competitive game for the club being 1,077 days ago.
Drinkwater was also joined by the likes of Wayne Cumming, Trevoh Chalobah, Jake Clarke-Salter and Malang Sarr.
Cumming provided a solid performance between the sticks for Chelsea but was later replaced by Lucas Bergstrom.
Davide Zappacosta and Marcos Alonso also featured for the Blues, playing as wing-backs, while Barkley operated in the middle of the pitch.
Tammy Abraham Christian Pulisic and Callum Hudson-Odoi proved to be too much for Peterborough to handle - breaking through their defensive lines of multiple occasions.
Abraham and Pulisic even provided Chelsea with a two-goal lead heading into half-time. However, it was super-sub Ziyech who hammered the final nail in the Posh coffin.
The Moroccan landed himself not only a hat-trick, but a tick in Tuchel's book. While fellow sub Armando Broja closed out the game by providing the final goal of the match.
The Blues will face Bournemouth, Arsenal and Tottenham in their pre-season campaign, before rounding things up against Villarreal in the Uefa Super Cup.
Chelsea hope their compeitive fixtures will position them well for their opening game of the 2021-2022 Premier League season against Crystal Palace on August 14.
Goodsonn
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Chelsea Fans to Ziyech what's hard for you to do it in Premier League
Desmondeyum
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So happy for Hakim Ziyech. Don't forget he looked great last pre-season too before he got injured. He never got into his groove after that. Here's hoping he can build on this performance, there's a very special player in him.
Amgnonijunior
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Ziyech just getting started he will prove those who doubted him wrong
Herve2
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after that they will say Ziyech most be sale just after 1 season shame,in fact I trust Mariana
Maestro17
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the wizard shaping him self into new season
Diekoyz
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This 3-4-3 formation is boring to watch but nobody's complaining cause it's working for us. But a time will come that it won't work again. I think tuchel should start working on 4-3-3 also which favours our attacking players like pulisic ziyech. If we have more than one formation. we would be less predictable
DimejiTosin
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morinho first game at Roma
Brightberry
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You don’t get into magic” magic gets into you! The Angel that fly in Stamford bridge!!
Mckizboy
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AF, a new season is about to start but you must understand whenever you need to call Chelsea just say “The European Champions” thank you.
Desmondeyum
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The Premier League ain't ready for prime Ziyech 💙💪
Nosbiorz
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morinho first game at Roma
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