- Fernandez started the game having lost his spot in the Blues’ first-choice side
- He was taken off at half time having shone in the first half of the 8-0 thrashing
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Enzo Fernandez bagged a hat-trick of assists in Chelsea’s rampant performance against Noah.
The midfielder, who has found himself out of the team recently due to the performances of Romeo Lavia, got a chance from the off in the Europa League and grabbed it with both hands.
He started and captained the side in London on Thursday night, looking to put his name back in contention for a starting spot when they Blues take on Arsenal this weekend.
And he got things off to the perfect start when his out-swinging corner was met by Tosin Adarabioyo to open the scoring on 12 minutes, before setting up Joao Felix for the second.
Then, with just 21 minutes on the clock, he played a neat ball through to Felix again who finished to make it 4-0.
Ezno Fernandez picked up a hat-trick of assists for Chelsea in nine minutes against Noah
Fernandez captained the Blues against the Armenian minnows having found himself out of the first team
He set up Tosin Adarabioyo (left) for the first goal before laying on two more assists for Joao Feliz
Having cost Chelsea for a hefty £106.8million nearly two years ago, Fernandez has found consistency hard to come by in a Blues shirt.
He has played 75 times for Chelsea, scoring seven goals, but has been in and out of the side and is currently playing back-up to Lavia and Moises Caicedo, who was his former partner.
He was substituted at half time for Cesare Cadadei against Noah, with the Blues winning the game 8-0 overall.
If Lavia and Caicedo remain fit, the World Cup winner is likely to find himself on the bench yet again against Arsenal but did his chances of a start no harm on Thursday.
That was despite playing Noah, a team nearly 300 places below Chelsea in the UEFA coefficient rankings, performing at an extremely low level in the game.
The club, founded in 2017, have never paid a transfer fee for a player and all of their playing staff are on under £5,000-a-week.
They are currently fourth in the Armenian Premier League, with the game against Chelsea by far the biggest in their history.
