Premier League 2019-20: 3 players who have excelled for Chelsea this season

Jorginho has been in hot form for Chelsea this season.
Jorginho has been in hot form for Chelsea this season.

#2: Tammy Abraham

Tammy Abraham has been prolific in front of goal for Chelsea.
Tammy Abraham has been prolific in front of goal for Chelsea.

Looking at Tammy Abraham, it is easy to classify him as a striker of the old mould; strong in the air, lethal with his head and maybe not quite excellent with the ball at his feet. In essence, he can lazily be called a pure target man but there is so much more to his game than that.

Like Mount, Abraham too graduated from Chelsea's youth academy after joining in 2004. He was handed his Chelsea debut in 2016 by then-caretaker manager, Guus Hiddink in a 1-1 draw away to Liverpool at the end of the 2015-16 Premier League season. The following season, new manager Antonio Conte sent Abraham out on loan to Bristol City. This was the first of three consecutive loan spells the youngster would experience. In total, Abraham managed 53 goals in 109 games for Bristol, Swansea City and Aston Villa.

Abraham made his first Chelsea start in the same game that Mount debuted in and nearly made the perfect start, when he struck the post early on. As the game went on, it was clear that Abraham was more than a bully of a striker. He had a decent turn of pace and his acceleration could take defenders by surprise time and time again.

Abraham has scored eight goals so far this season, in just nine starts. He averages 3.1 shots per game, 2.6 of which are inside the penalty area, which shows he is adept at working good shooting positions and is always trying to take full advantage. For good measure, he has also won a total of 32 aerial duels.

With the talent to make it at the very highest level, Abraham could well become a world-beater in the years to come if he continues in this vein of form.

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