It was a fascinating match between Barnsley and Chelsea at Oakwell last night. Chelsea secured a 1-0 win against Barnsley in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Now Chelsea is set to take on Sheffield United in the quarter-final of the FA Cup. Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham scored a second-half strike to book a quarter-final ticket against Sheffield United, with the forward tapping home a pinpoint cross from Reece James.
It was rather surprising to see the striker’s joy when he cleared a fine pass directed linearly to the goal post. Abraham overjoyed the moment as the former miss the happening goal and thus secured a victory of 1-0 against the opponent. It was below zero degrees temperature at Yorkshire when the match was been played, but the excitement of the match flourished the feeling of heat amongst the players and spectators both alike.
It was all surprising to see Tammy back in Chelsea’s own box defending the lines. It was adamant from his game that the striker is already familiar with the position he was in. Tammy even admits he has been in similar positions before thanks to his days as a youth player featuring in defense.
‘I grew up being a defender,’ explained Abraham as per Official Chelsea website. ‘So it was just an instinctive reaction really!
‘It was just a case of being in the right place at the right time and getting my head on the ball. I saw the ball coming towards the goal and I just knew I had to do something and like I said, it was just instinctive. I think I celebrated the clearance more than the goal!
‘It was a good night in the end. We got the win to get through to the quarter-final, we kept a clean sheet and on a personal level, it was great to score the winning goal.’
The Blues were pushed all the way by the Tykes and Chelsea’s match-winner, Tammy had plenty of praise for the Championship side but he was by no means surprised by their efforts.
‘Coming here is never easy,’ added Abraham. ‘I’ve experienced that myself from my time in the Championship.
‘Credit to Barnsley, they made it difficult but we knew the chances would come for us eventually. I just had to make sure I was in the right place at the right time and thankfully I was.’
The striker had two claims for a Chelsea spot-kick waved away and our goalscorer gave us his views on those two incidents when speaking post-match.
‘I think the first one was a good tackle from the defender, to be fair,’ Tammy gracefully admitted. ‘I tried to get my body in the way but he’s got the ball and it was a fair challenge.
‘With the second one, I think there was more of a chance there. I think some referees give it, some don’t and it’s just one of those things. It didn’t matter in the end and like I said, I just needed to stay patient and thankfully a chance came my way and I took it.’
