The Athletic

So after steering his side to the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday,

is this the start of something for Chelsea boss, Graham Potter?

Or is it merely a stay of execution with the next defeat pushing him back to the brink of the sack

with question marks over where the club is heading?

I'm Ian Irving, and this is the Athletic Football Podcast.

It's the full-time whistle and it's a great night for Chelsea and the best night so far at stanford bridge for that man there graham potter they're through to the quarterfinals and

stanford bridge is alive with joy and celebration so joining us today then are both of the athletics Chelsea writers who were both at

Stamford Bridge last night to see Chelsea knock Brussia Dortmund out of the Champions League.

It's a good morning to Liam Toomey and Simon Johnson as well.

Simon, your piece is on the Athletic already about the win last night. You focused in on Graham Potter and at Johnson as well. Simon, your piece is on the athletic already about the win last night.

You focused in on Graham Potter and at the very start of the piece, you asked him after the game

about where this win ranks in his career so far. He chose to home in on the fact that it got Chelsea

to the quarterfinals. But surely it's much more important than that

for a wider context of his job, isn't it?

I think that he was clearly saying it's one of the best of his career

without trying to make it too much about him,

but it clearly was such an important night for him for so many reasons.

Yes, it was important for Chelsea too. And for quite few of the players players were the point to prove but no one had a bigger point to prove than Graham Potter and it's like as I go into the piece he took his guard down he became one of one of them he became one of the fans He showed he cared just as much as they do.

And he needs to show more of that, I think,

for him to truly connect with him over the long term

and make this not just a one-off.

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