Joe Edwards says his Chelsea side will turn his hair grey before too long, after they once again had him on tenterhooks on their way to a fourth consecutive FA Youth Cup Final.
The FA Youth Cup holders went into Wednesday night's second-leg match with London rivals Tottenham trailing 2-0.
They went three behind on aggregate before an incredible comeback resulted in the home side willing 5-2 on the night and 5-4 on aggregate.
Chelsea 5-2 Tottenham
(5-4 on agg)
FA Youth Cup
Semi-Final second leg
Wednesday 18 March
Stamford Bridge
However, the west London side has previous form for producing a dramatic comeback.
In 2014 – under the stewardship of Adi Viveash – they lifted the trophy after beating Fulham 7-6 on aggregate having lost the first leg of the final 3-2.
As much as Edwards has faith in his team to turn over any deficit, he would like a few more straightforward wins for the sake of his currently youthful brown locks.
“I am waiting for my grey hairs to start coming through to be honest,” he joked after the Stamford Bridge turnaround.
“We always like to go out and attack and we were confident coming into this game because we always usually score goals.
"At White Hart Lane we didn't play badly but things just didn't break for us and for us not to score is unusual.
“We had every confidence we would come here and score goals and we did speak before about the possibility of going further behind because that's the way we play sometimes, we don't often keep clean sheets and we want to address that.
Chelsea Under-18s boss Joe Edwards
“We want to play attractive and creative football and I think the boys showed that, we went behind but we didn't let out heads go down, we stayed composed and the fact that we got two back before half time settled us.
“A big part of our build-up was reflecting on the final against Fulham last year because these are big nights and you can talk about tactics and systems.
"But when you come out and play at a stadium and in front of a crowd you need to see how they handle it.
“We've got a first-class example from last year when we looked dead and buried but all it takes is one spark to get you back to life and again that happened.”
“We didn't get flustered, we know with the attacking players we have that we have goals in the team”
Joe Edwards Chelsea Under-18s manager
Spurs went ahead on 32 minutes but Chelsea ran rampage with a five goals before the visitors grabbed a late consolation from the penalty spot.
Edwards insists, even at three goals down across both legs, he was cool thanks to the talent at his disposal.
Striker Dominic Solanke hit a brace, as did captain Charlie Colkett and Isaiah Brown completed the scoring for the home side that is brimming with attacking class.
“I wasn't flustered,” he said. “With us you half expect to concede.
"We played Tottenham in the league on Saturday and conceded four goals but scored six.
"We didn't get flustered, we know with the attacking players we have that we have goals in the team.”
Chelsea will find out their FA Youth Cup final opponents on Wednesday 8 April when Manchester City take on Leicester City in the second leg of their semi-final.
Manchester City go into the tie leading 3-0.
