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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2021/03/05/
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Mount explains how we exposed Liverpool, analyses his 'massive' goal and
reveals the team-mate who inspired his latest celebration

05 Mar 2021


There was plenty for our match-winning midfielder to discuss after another
eventful performance for the Blues on the road...


https://i.imgur.com/bMIFpMF.jpg


For the third away game running in the Premier League, Mason Mount scored
a significant goal for Chelsea as his sublime solo effort proved the
difference between the Blues and Liverpool at Anfield on Thursday evening.


Following a converted penalty at Southampton and the opener against
Sheffield United in recent matches, this was the young midfielder's third
goal in six games in all competitions, making him the top scorer under
Thomas Tuchel.


https://i.imgur.com/vPY6ste.jpg


There are few more influential for the German's side right now,
particularly in an attacking sense, and the match-winner reflected after
the Merseyside victory on what went right for him and his team-mates
against the faltering champions.


'I'm very happy with the performance of the whole team,' he stated. 'It's
never easy coming here because you always get a tough game against this
team at this stadium but we've been playing well and our mindset coming
into the game was confident.


'We've been on a good run recently, winning games, getting points and not
conceding many chances or goals. We felt like we could come here, put in a
good performance and win the game. When you turn up with that mentality,
of wanting to give it to them and press high, you're always going to have
a chance.'


Mount's sixth goal of the season edges him closer to the double figures
target he sets himself and was perhaps his best of the half-dozen netted
so far this campaign. Drifting into space down the inside-left channel, he
took on N'Golo Kante's lovely pass and seemed intent to make something
happen all by himself.


Outnumbered but undeterred, he skipped past Fabinho and Trent
Alexander-Arnold before producing an expert finish into the bottom far
corner. It was a moment that deserved to be greeted by the unadulterated
joy of a delighted away end celebrating a vintage strike from a homegrown
star. Nevertheless, the significance of the goal was not lost on the
22-year-old, who explained how it had come as much from design as
inspiration.


'It just happened so quick,' he recalled. 'We know they have quite a high
line and they like to press high, especially at home, so any time we won
the ball back from turnovers or we played out from the back, we looked to
go in behind them.


https://i.imgur.com/V0PIvjY.jpg
Mount found the bottom corner to settle the game in favour of the visitors


'When I got the ball, I thought I was in a bit of space and I could go at
Fabinho, even though Trent was maybe coming back as well. When I got into
the box, I knew I was one-on-one so I just tried to get a yard, get it on
to my right foot and then when you're inside the box, you can open up the
goal a bit. That was my idea. I tried to execute it and it went into the
far corner. It was a massive goal for us and a massive win as well.'


As well as reviving the 'Frankenstein' celebration from last season, Mount
also had a bit of fun with Ben Chilwell in the aftermath of the goal and
explained how Kurt Zouma had inspired their latest routine.


'Me and Chilly always sit together behind Zouma on the plane when we
travel away for the Champions League and stuff,' added Mount. 'He's
always watching cartoons like anime so we usually watch from behind and
laugh at him.


https://i.imgur.com/1O2pY6l.jpg
Mount's latest celebration was inspired by Zouma's love of cartoons!


'We said if one of us scored, we'd do it so that was the reason behind it
and obviously it's one for Kurt as well.'


https://twitter.com/masonmount_10/status/1367619026361454593
Kamehameha!
Up the Chels!


Back to more serious matters and the ongoing battle for Champions League
qualification. The Blues are back in the top four, having established a
four-point gap between ourselves and Liverpool with 11 games remaining. It
is the same distance to second place and Mount feels we should aim as high
as possible


'It pushes us up there a little bit more,' he said of this latest victory.
'We're not content to be in and around the top four – we want to secure
our place in those positions and to be right up there.


'We need to keep working. We're on a good run but we need to go into every
game confident and hopefully that will help us secure a good position.'


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