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Chelsea U21 coach Robinson: Gilchrist breakthrough my season highlight

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Chelsea U21 coach Robinson: Gilchrist breakthrough my season highlight
Chelsea U21 coach Robinson: Gilchrist breakthrough my season highlightFlashscore
The homespun defender made his senior debut and also scored his first goal for the Blues.

Robinson told the club's website: "My individual highlight was seeing Alfie Gilchrist getting the rewards for all his hard work and making his first Premier League start at Stamford Bridge for the men's team against Tottenham, when I thought he was outstanding.

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"He bought me a Chelsea pin badge when he made his first appearance, so I always wear that to men's games when Alfie's involved, which is nice."

He also said: "My collective highlight was West Ham away. I just felt that was the closest we came to a real men's-team performance. If I was managing a first team and looked at that, there would have been a lot of lads I would have been happy to take into a good level of men's football on that performance.

"It was a very solid 2-0 victory against a very good side. I felt that was a real turning point in terms of the players understanding what it takes to win games of football."