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Chelsea defender Christiansen delighted with winning Cup debut

Chelsea defender Andreas Christensen was delighted to make his debut in their Capital One Cup win at Shrewsbury Town.

The Dane was handed a full 90 by manager Jose Mourinho.

"It was nice to get some minutes," he told Chelsea TV. "I knew I'd be playing after the Man United game so I had some time to prepare myself which was good.

"I've played at right-back before but it's been quite a while since I did that so I was just trying to see my clips from before, see what I did and try and do it again.

"The manager told me to be myself, play how I normally do and I would be fine. JT, Gary Cahill and some of the other older players told me to not rush it, play it as simple as long as I could then when I felt a bit more comfortable risk it a bit more.

"I got cramp with 10 minutes left and I had to fight through it but I did which was good."

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