Tammy Abraham scored his first Chelsea hat-trick on Saturday against Wolves and has hailed his manager Frank Lampard’s influence on his game.
The 21-year-old continued his superb start to the season by scoring three goals in Chelsea’s 5-2 hammering of Wolves at Molineux in the Premier League.
Abraham has now scored seven goals in just five league games this campaign and is level in the division’s top scorer list alongside Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero.
The striker says his hard work on the training field is paying off and has thanked Lampard for inspiring him to success.
‘I’ve been working hard and hopefully this can be my season,’ Abraham told Chelsea’s official website. ‘It’s up to me to keep showing the gaffer in every game and training session that I’m hungry and I want success.
‘He told me at half-time to stay on and get the hat-trick so I believed and stayed focused. I’ve just got to be ready to take every chance that comes my way with both hands. I’m working hard and I’m just delighted to see that pay off with my goals today as well as the three points.’
Another 21-year-old English star was on the score sheet on Saturday, as Fikayo Tomori scored his first Chelsea goal in style, netting with a curled effort from distance.
‘I was thinking “don’t shoot, Fikayo,” but everyone is delighted for him,’ Abraham continued. ‘In training, he’s been trying it every day and smashing windows but today it paid off – it was a great strike.
‘We were the last people off the pitch because we were discussing how we’ve all scored in the same game for Chelsea. We’ve dreamt of that since we were little boys and we made it happen today.’
Lampard is thrilled with the performances of Abraham, especially as he has given him the nod over more experienced strikers, Olivier Giroud and Michy Batshuayi.
‘Tammy is [looking the part] and that’s work, having gone out on loan and scoring a lot of goals in the Championship, having a year in the Premier League and now I think he feels the responsibility of the Chelsea shirt as he should. The last three games speak for themselves,’ Lampard told Sky Sports.
‘The only challenge for Tammy now is can he keep doing it? Can he get better and better because the way he’s playing, he’s a huge threat for us up front and there is competition within from [Olivier] Giroud and [Michy] Batshuayi so he needs to keep it at that level and get even better.’
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