'Honesty gets you nowhere' - The Leeds United player that former England, Real Madrid and Liverpool star admires
Marcelo Bielsa’s side took the lead through former Blues man Patrick Bamford before being pegged back by Olivier Giroud.
A Kurt Zouma header gave Frank Lampard’s side the lead before Christian Pulisic rounded off Chelsea’s victory.
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Hide AdWith the scores at 2-1, however, Leeds Man Ian Poveda was clipped in the box – but chose not to go down and win a penalty.
An act which drew praise and criticism from Micheal Owen.
“Very honest player,” said Owen to Premier League productions. “The manager in the dressing room would be thinking.’I have just watched Mo Salah, I have watched people like Grealish, Danny Welbeck last week.
"I have watched all these players, Sterling today, they have got half the touch you [Poveda] have got’.
“That is as much if not more than I have seen in the past couple of weeks times five.
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Hide Ad"Honesty gets you nowhere and it cannot be like that. I admire the lad for staying on his feet and I think he should stay on his feet. And I don’t think you should be given a penalty for that.
“I do think we need to get rid of this tiny little touch and someone going down. Every single week – We need to rid ourself of this.
“I admire that today. I really admire it. He got a big touch. He could have gone down. Probably cost his team a point because that would have made it 2-2 with not that long to go. But he’s being honest and it does Leeds no favours.”