YOU'VE JUST WON ...COR NETO!

Pedro strike steals derby fightback and keeps Blues in Champions League race

- GRAHAM THOMAS

CHELSEA fans may have had their trust in Enzo Maresca shaken but at least they can keep the faith thanks to the brilliance of Pedro Neto.

The Portugal winger scored a breathtaking stoppage-time winner that turned this West London derby the Blues' Champions League hopes.

In the build-up, Maresca had asked his supporters to trust him, but that looked a commodity in short supply when they were trailing 1-0 with just seven minutes of normal time remaining.

But 19-year-old substitute Tyrique George scrambled a goal back, before a revived Chelsea broke Fulham's hearts and maybe the Cottagers' European dreams - with a magnificent and unstoppable shot deep into added time.

Cole Palmer and Enzo Fernandez, whose contributions had been slender to that point, combined to set up Neto, who controlled, swivelled, and unleashed a thunderous shot in one graceful movement.

It means Chelsea are up to fifth place in the table after their first away win in the Premier League since December 8.