Brazilian teenager Estevao, who shone on debut for the Blues, opened the scoring in the first-half, finishing into an empty net after Cole Palmer's lobbed effort came back off the crossbar. Joao Pedro made the game safe in second-half injury time as he finished into the bottom corner from academy graduate Genesis Antwi's cut-back.

In their first pre-season outing since their Club World Cup triumph in the U.S. last month, Enzo Maresca’s side ran out 2-0 winners over Erik ten Hag’s Bayer Leverkusen, with teenager Estevao scoring on his first appearance in Chelsea blue before his Brazilian countryman Joao Pedro rounded things off late on.

Chelsea face Bayer Leverkusen in the first of their two pre-season fixtures to prepare for the upcoming 2025/26 campaign.