TNT Sports reporter Danny Jamieson apologised to Chelsea star Levi Colwill on Tuesday (Image: TNT SPORTS)
TNT Sports reporter Danny Jamieson apologised to star Levi Colwill after revealing the centre-back was about to celebrate his birthday. Colwill, who turns 22 today (Wednesday), headed in the Blues’ third goal against Southampton last night as his team at Stamford Bridge.
’s men put their recent poor spell of form behind them for the visit of the Premier League’s basement side as Christopher Nkunku opened the scoring midway through the first half.
added a second, before Colwill gave the hosts a 3-0 advantage at the interval. And Marc Cucurella completed the rout with 12 minutes remaining.
Colwill’s goal came when he got on the end of a sumptuous delivery into the penalty area from Neto after the Blues had been awarded a free-kick.
And Jamieson said to Colwill: “[Neto] crosses the ball in for you, a little early birthday present I suppose from him.”
Colwill then explained: “Yeah I don’t think he knows to be fair, I’ve kept it quiet. But I am so happy to score.
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Chelsea star Levi Colwill scored his side’s third goal against Southampton on Tuesday night (Image: GETTY)
“Obviously it’s against the team I grew up playing for when I was younger and I live there still, so it meant a lot to me and my family and I am just so happy to score against them really. I have got a few friends who are Southampton fans so I gave them a bit of stick.”
Jamieson backtracked as he remarked: “So have you not told anyone it’s your birthday tomorrow?”
And when Colwill confirmed he had kept the news quiet, Jamieson exclaimed: “So have we just broken that? Apologies.”
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The result in west London moved back into the top four as Maresca’s side leapfrogged , and Bournemouth.
The Cherries suffered a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Brighton on the same evening, with City and both in action tonight.
And Colwill added: “The reaction, we definitely needed, and hopefully we can pick up form a bit more and see what happens in the next game. We’ve got to take it game by game and hopefully perform like that all the time.”
are preparing for a rare weekend off as they won’t be in FA Cup action after exiting the competition at the hands of Brighton earlier this month.
The west London giants will return to the pitch next Thursday when they travel to Copenhagen in the Europa Conference League. They will then host Leicester in the Premier League three days later.