Cardiff City v Chelsea: Warnock: I would play Hudson-Odoi if I were blues manager

Neil Warnock said he would play Callum Hudson-Odoi against his Cardiff City team when he was responsible for Chelsea.

The 17-year-old winger was introduced to his England debut by Gareth Southgate during the international break, before ending up at Wembley in the 5-0 win over the Czech Reupblic and from Montenegro's 5-1 defeat, impressive both times.

And the Bluebird boss, Warnock, believes that the teenager deserves a first start in the Premier League after his outstanding performances for the Three Lions, after being granted relatively little playing time by Blues manager Maurizio Sarri.

"I would give Callum a match after his performance in England," said Warnock. Sky sports.

"If Callum plays, then I think it's on merit.It's an exciting time for all the kids who come to Gareth Southgate." [England] team.

"But Chelsea to have such a choice, is not it? No matter who plays in the first two positions, I would be very happy to see the other two on the bench. "

"They are sixth in the standings and are not guaranteed a Champions League position, they are also under tremendous pressure.

"After the Everton match, where they could have been 4-0 and lost 2-0, I imagine that they will watch this game and think they can hit the road again.

"It's understandable when they compare our results with those of other teams and, if everything goes as planned during a good day, they beat us.

"But if we recover, we can give a good match to these teams, especially at home."

Warnock then urged her team to behave as she did during her last 2-0 home win against West Ham in her last game, while she was trying to avoid the fall.

Cardiff are 18th, five points behind Burnley, 17th, but has two games in hand against his relegation rivals.

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"It's not just Burnley or Southampton that could be caught.

"There are other clubs above us that could also be nervous, everyone could have a disaster, lose four or five games and then be in trouble."

"West Ham was our best performance of the season and that's because we all participated – we still need it."