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It was Alonso's drive from the edge of the box that sealed an important three points at home to Newcastle in October before the Spaniard continued his handy habit of netting against our north London rivals when he netted what proved to be the winner in a victory over Jose Mourinho's Tottenham at Stamford Bridge in February.

A week later, his brace on the South Coast earned us a point at Bournemouth and gave him the accolade of having scored more goals than any other defender in the Premier League since his arrival at Chelsea.

Alonso started our first two games of the season, against Brighton and Liverpool, but was one of many below par in the third at West Brom and was taken off at half-time with the Blues down. He started against Burnley and capped an impressive performance with a superb goal to seal a victory. After controlling a chipped Christian Pulisic pass on his chest and then thigh, he crashed a volley high into the net. Alonso would feature in over half of our remaining league fixtures, as well as starting the FA Cup final and playing every minute of our impressive Champions League round of 16 victory over Atletico Madrid.

His major individual contribution at the back end of the season was pivotal in us reaching the top four. Alonso was born in Madrid and is the son and grandson of former Spain internationals.

He was a youth and B-team player for Real Madrid, before being handed his one first team appearance there by Manuel Pellegrini in April as a late substitute in a win against Racing Santander. Alonso stayed in the north-west for three seasons, two of those in the Premier League, and made 46 appearances, scoring five goals.

It was his volley that led to the visitors equalising that April day. Alonso then returned to Fiorentina where he established himself as a regular in the team as a left-back, wing-back or in a back-three. He left La Viola having made 85 appearances and scored five goals. Having represented Spain at a younger level, Alonso earned a maiden senior call-up in March and made his debut in their friendly win over Argentina, replacing Jordi Alba for the closing stages of the game.

Skip to main content 3. Marcos Alonso made his 50th start for the Blues in the home win against Manchester United in November Pre-Chelsea Alonso was born in Madrid and is the son and grandson of former Spain internationals. International Having represented Spain at a younger level, Alonso earned a maiden senior call-up in March and made his debut in their friendly win over Argentina, replacing Jordi Alba for the closing stages of the game.

Spain beat Italy tonight in the Nations League semi-final, which went someway to avenging their summer defeat to them in the European Championship semi-final. This came in-between a red card to Italian defender Leonardo Bonucci.

Lorenzo Pellegrini pulled one back for man Italy late on to set up a dramatic finish, but the scoreline remained the same.

He usually excels in a left wing-back position for Chelsea. However, he looked the part against Italy in a conventional left-back role.

The Blues man attacked with real intent for a Spain side that dominated the ball and he had two separate attempts at goal denied by goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma. A selection of Blues supporters on social media believe Alonso was one of the standout players on the pitch in the Nations League. Him, along with Chelsea captain and Spain right-back Cesar Azpilicueta, now have a final to look forward to against either France or Belgium.