It was another agonising day at Wembley for Chelsea fans. Another loss in a game they should have won.

The Blues played really well, took advantage of a tired Man City side, and played some great football in attack and defence. Their manager set them up in a smart way, and they created chances – they just couldn’t take them.

Two of their best players were, without doubt, Conor Gallagher and Trevoh Chalobah. Gallagher buzzed around in his usual advanced midfield role, winning the ball back in dangerous areas to set up attacks, while also always being on hard to break up City moves in the middle.

Chalobah was a solid presence at the back as always. With no Erling Haaland in the team, his focus was on containing the smart movements of a fluid attacking unit sent out by Pep Guardiola. Alongside the experienced Thiago Silva, Chalobah played a typically cool and collected game in the middle, never looking ruffled when City turned up the heat.

The consequences of mega spend

This should be an exciting moment for fans – a young team with academy players at the heart of it. But according to everything we’ve heard over the last 12 months, those two are among the top candidates to be sold this summer as the club look to start repaying the vast spend on refreshing the squad under the new ownership.

Gallagher has been our best midfielder all season, and Chalobah has been our best defender since returning from injury in the new year. Yet both are up for sale so we can afford to pay off the feckless wet wipes who lacked the conviction to go out there and get us to a trophy.

Imagine what the team (and the scoreline) would have looked like today without them? It’s a painful thought.