West Ham United midfielder Declan Rice has hailed Mason Mount as “unbelievable” after his objective helped Chelsea to victory within the Champions League quarter-final first leg towards Porto.
Mount opened the scoring in Seville to assist put Chelsea in control of the tie, with Ben Chilwell including a second objective late on to seal a 2-0 win for Thomas Tuchel’s aspect, boosting their probabilities of reaching the final 4 of the competitors.
For Mount, it was an eighth objective of the season for the Blues and he has now scored 11 objectives in 51 appearances for membership and nation this marketing campaign.
Rice, who performed alongside Mount in Chelsea’s academy earlier than being launched and subsequently becoming a member of West Ham, has taken to social media to hail his greatest good friend in soccer.
Responding to a publish by SportBible praising Mount, Rice merely responded with one phrase: “Unbelievable.”
Declan Rice responded to a publish about Mason Mount and Chelsea
Rice, who has been strongly linked with a transfer to Chelsea in latest switch home windows, was not the one individual to sing Mount’s praises after the victory, with Tuchel additionally filled with reward for the 22-year-old, who has established himself as a key man for membership and nation.
Speaking after the sport, Tuchel mentioned: “He is a younger participant from our academy a vital participant for our squad at a younger age. I can solely repeat that he has the correct mentality and perspective in the direction of coaching and video games. He has the correct perspective in the direction of success. He has each toes on the bottom, is open and hungry to be taught.
“It could be very tough for me to match gamers in several positions and even in the identical positions. There are completely different roles and gamers have completely different duties. So I’m not the correct man to evaluate who’s the most effective and second greatest.
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“Mason [Mount] is a crucial and key participant for us and I’m completely happy he suits into this function at a younger age. It is nice to have him.”
Mount was additionally praised by Rio Ferdinand, who outlined what made the midfielder stand out.
“What I like about him is his motion off the ball to get on the ball,” Ferdinand informed BT Sport after the full-time whistle.
“I feel as soon as the opposite gamers begin realising that he makes motion to get past the defenders and begin enjoying that ball, a bit of bit longer than a ten yard move to toes, he’ll get much more alternatives in entrance of objective.”
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Meanwhile, BT Sport host Gary Lineker despatched a message to the midfielder’s critics after his efforts in Seville.
After firing Chelsea right into a one-goal lead on the break, Lineker mentioned that he discovered it “bizarre” to know why the previous Derby County loanee nonetheless has so many critics, particularly on-line.
Lineker mentioned: “You nonetheless see it, don’t you, on social media? Now, social media, as we all know, is stuffed with those who know all the things about soccer, however the Mount misunderstanding is bizarre.”
