Chelsea fans will love what Ashley Cole said about Mason Mount before Leicester goal
MASON MOUNT has started Chelsea’s first two games of the Premier League season because Frank Lampard wants him to be the goalscoring midfielder they have been missing.
I think he just keeps it ticking in that Chelsea midfield
Ashley Cole on Chelsea ace Mason Mount
However, Ross Barkley and Mateo Kovacic, who both started at Old Trafford, dropped to the bench against the Foxes.
Cole was working as a pundit for Chelsea's clash against Leicester and before the game said Mount’s goalscoring threat, after netting 11 times for Derby, is the reason he got the nod.
And inside the first seven minutes Cole was proven right as Mount scored his first goal for Chelsea.
“I think just what he brings to the game,” Cole said before the match on Sky Sports.
Ashley Cole explained why Mason Mount was starting for Chelsea (Image: GETTY/SKY SPORTS)
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Cole made his comments on Mason Mount before he scored for Chelsea against Leicester (Image: SKY SPORTS)
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“Chelsea probably in the past few years have probably lacked a midfielding goalscorer.
“Obviously Frank having him at Derby, seeing the kind of transformation as a young kid and has now blossomed, for me, into a man.
“He plays with fight, determination, he understands the game very well, he times his runs very well.
“I think he just keeps it ticking in that Chelsea midfield.