Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel was forced to play teenage trio Xavier Simons, Jude Soonsup-Bell and Harvey Vale for their first senior starts in Wednesday's Carabao Cup clash against Brentford.
The Blues have been struggling with a coronavirus crisis in recent weeks with Tuchel announcing seven positive cases in their team ahead of last week's 0-0 draw at Wolves.
And despite being able to field a full first-team squad for their quarter-final clash against west London neighbours Brentford, Tuchel chose Soonsup-Bell and Vale, aged 17 and 18 respectively, to start up front amid a striker crisis.