The Chelsea midfielder has been in stunning
form for the Blues this season, particularly since Thomas Tuchel replaced Frank
Lampard as manager.
Mount is yet to turn in a bad performance under the German’s rule,
with his latest impressive display coming in the Champions League on Wednesday
evening.
The 22-year-old scored Chelsea’s opening goal in a 2-0 victory
over FC Porto, a result that puts the English side in a commanding position to
reach the semi-final stage of the competition.
Mount’s goal – his first in the
Champions League – was a work of art as well.
The England international left a Porto defender on the floor
with a quick turn on the edge of the box, before firing the ball into the far
corner of Agustin Marchesin’s goal.
Mount’s sensational strike
Mason Mount with a brilliant maiden #UCL goal 💥
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) April 7, 2021
The pass, the swivel, the finish! 🔥
Superb stuff from Chelsea! pic.twitter.com/gM45SDlczG
What a talent he is.
Few would have predicted 12 months ago that Mount would be
one of the best players on the planet and a guaranteed starter for England.
Although, Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi was adamant that
the Chelsea man could become “one of the best” when picking what he believed
would be the next generation of footballing superstars.
“Having watched him [Mount] play he has the potential to be
one of the best,” Messi told Topps last year after naming the Englishman as one
of his 15 choices.
Praise from a six-time Ballon d’Or winner? It doesn’t get
much better than that and to make things even better, Mount’s performances in
2020/21 have proven that the Argentine was bang on the money.
In an interview with UMN earlier this
year, the Chelsea academy product stated that he didn’t believe the comments
from Messi were real at first.
“When you see and read something like that, it gives you the
motivation to just want to get better and better,” Mount added. “Hopefully I
can do that.”
The sky is the limit for the Englishman and you wouldn’t put
it past him inspiring Chelsea to an unexpected Champions League triumph this
season.
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