rank Lampard hailed the “excellent” Mason Mount after the midfielder’s strike gave Chelsea a much-needed win over west London rivals Fulham in Saturday’s derby at Craven Cottage.
The Blues toiled towards a Fulham aspect who’re rising in confidence every week and threatened to frustrate the guests regardless of having Antonee Robinson despatched off on the stroke of half-time.
Mount had been Chelsea’s greatest participant all through, going near opening the scoring by rattling the bar halfway by means of the first-half.
And simply because it seemed as if extra stress could be heaped onto Lampard, Chelsea having misplaced 4 of their final six within the league, the England worldwide popped up with a 78th-minute winner.
“He was the excellent participant,” Lampard stated.
“I assumed Mason’s efficiency all spherical was unbelievable. He’s been superb for us, final yr, this yr. He’s an enormous instance of after I point out youth, he turned 22 final week. I got here to Chelsea at 22 and I wasn’t blowing the world away, I used to be discovering my ft. He’s already acquired so many video games beneath his belt.
“His effort, his perspective and his high quality of play at present was excellent.”
Up till Mount’s objective, Chelsea had struggled to create openings, with Lampard nonetheless seemingly unable to suss out his most potent system within the attacking positions.
Nevertheless, the Blues boss was fast to reward his aspect’s endurance as they ultimately wore down a defensive effort which his counterpart, Scott Parker, hailed as “heroic”.
“It’s a stress to maneuver the ball, hit the edges, open it up, make them run and create probabilities. We had been doing that. Simply due to the present kind it’s a bit tougher, the boldness isn’t fairly there. However we discovered it so I am actually happy.
“I belief the standard of the gamers. There was a sense we’d get a objective, as a result of the stress was fixed. It was about staying affected person with our passing and I believe we did.”