Alan Shearer lavished praise on ‘magnificent’ Chelsea star Reece James (Picture: BBC)Alan Shearer has hailed ‘magnificent’ Reece James and says Manchester City ‘couldn’t handle’ the Chelsea star during their defeat at the Etihad. Shearer says James and Alonso were instrumental in helping Chelsea improve in the second half, reserving special praise for ‘magnificent’ James and saying Manchester City ‘couldn’t handle’ the 21-year-old. ‘Reece James was magnificent in the second half, he gave [Benjamin] Mendy a horrid time. James helped Chelsea clinch a big win over their Champions League final opponents (Picture: Getty)‘They couldn’t handle him. It was three or four occasions that he did that in the second half.

Source: Metro May 08, 2021 22:52 UTC