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Chelsea loanee Carney Chukwuemeka naturally served as a major talking point following Borussia Dortmund’s much needed Bundesliga win on Saturday afternoon. In his first start for die Schwarzgelben since joining the German outfit on loan in January, the England youth international recorded his first Bundesliga goal. Even if there was some luck involved, BVB head coach Niko Kovac and club sporting director Sebastian Kehl were quick to praise the youngster.
Chukwuemeka complemented Kovac’s new team tactical set-up quite well. The 21-year-old slotted in as a ten behind the double striker set of Maximilian Beier and Karim Adeyemi. The former Aston Villa academy not only scored BVB’s second, but also did an exemplary job of interpreting space from his position. Chukwuemeka unlocked teammate Julian Brandt ahead of the decisive 3-0 in the 68th-minute with an especially elegant ball through the channel.
Chukwuemeka’s overall fitness remained an issue over the last three months. It was such that he wasn’t even selected by Kovac for the matchday squad until late February. After not suiting up for a potential four fixtures, the young attacker only logged 75 insignificant late minutes as a sub in six late relief appearances. Both Kovac and Kehl lauded the player’s hard work in catching up.
Kovac – speaking on the fact that Chukwuemeka’s English compatriot Jamie Gittens also scored off the bench in the 4-0 win, cracked a wry joke at his post-match press conference.
“We need this quality,” Kehl told Sky Germany in his post-match interview. “We have now beaten two quality opponents in Freiburg and Mainz [last week]. We need competition [for starting places within the squad] as we have a lot of [tough matches] ahead of us in the coming weeks.“
“Carney is a great footballer who has some catching up to do,” Kovac added at the post-match press conference. “The lad has worked on himself diligently in the last few weeks. We witnessed what he’s capable of doing on the ball today. He’s a player with great potential for both us and Chelsea.
“I’m satisfied and hopefully he’ll gain more playing time in the coming weeks,” Kovac continued. “I hope he can pick up where he left off today.“
“I don’t know what those Englishman do,” Kovac answered when asked to comment on Gittens’ goal, “They go to the pub or something. That wouldn’t be a bad idea.”
GGFN | Peter Weis
