‘We’ve never seen a team do this to PSG’ – how Chelsea won Club World Cup

USA: “I can’t believe what I’m seeing.”

Few could.

Paris St-Germain have been swatting aside all-comers all season, from wrapping up the Ligue 1 title in early April to demolishing Inter Milan in a Champions League final so one-sided it was scarcely believable.

They seemed to be breezing through the Club World Cup in similar fashion, too, beating Bayern Munich with nine men and then thrashing Real Madrid 4-0 on their way to Sunday’s final.

But, heavily tipped to cruise past Chelsea in New Jersey, this time it was the Parisians who were left stunned.

Even before Coldplay’s colourful half-time show arrived, Cole Palmer had scored two superb goals and created another for Joao Pedro to put the Blues 3-0 up. That is how it ended.

“I’ve never seen PSG turn the ball over as much as they have in this first half,” said former England midfielder Andros Townsend on Dazn.

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“Full credit to Chelsea for their willingness to track the ball in this New York heat.”

It was Townsend who said he could not believe the scenes playing out on the MetLife Stadium pitch. There was widespread astonishment.

As fellow pundit Gareth Bale put it: “PSG have been PSG’d.”

So how did Enzo Maresca’s side manage it? And just how good are Chelsea?