Chelsea fans reckon Pulisic is the ‘new Hazard’ as £58m winger nets perfect hat-trick vs Burnley
CHELSEA fans have taken to Twitter to compare £58million winger Christian Pulisic to the club’s former hero Eden Hazard after the American’s amazing hat-trick against Burnley. The ex Dortmund whizzkid pounced on a loose ball to drive at the Clarets’ defence before coolly slotting past Nick Pope to put his side 1-0 up. He then […]
CHELSEA fans have taken to Twitter to compare £58million winger Christian Pulisic to the club’s former hero Eden Hazard after the American’s amazing hat-trick against Burnley.
The ex Dortmund whizzkid pounced on a loose ball to drive at the Clarets’ defence before coolly slotting past Nick Pope to put his side 1-0 up.
He then showed impressive drive once again as he burst through again and saw his deflected strike double Chelsea’s lead on the stroke of half time.
And the first hat-trick of his young career was complete when he headed home Mason Mount’s whipped cross shortly after the interval.
This has lead to excited Blues fans already starting to compare the 21-year-old with Belgian superstar Hazard.
One wrote on Twitter: “Watching Pulisic is like watching Hazard again.”
While another gushed: “Pulisic almost gets another one. He’s the only one who has decided it would be a good idea to show-up and play. Truly has replaced Hazard.”
One even made the bold claim: “Pulisic is going to end up having a better season than Hazard and Brandt combined”.
“Pulisic scored a more Hazardesque goal than Hazard has all season,” another pointed out.
And when the hat-trick was complete, one user questioned: “Christian Pulisic hat trick in his 3rd ever PL start, how long did it take Hazard?”
And when informed that he is now Chelsea’s youngest ever hat-trick scorer in the Premier League, Pulisic could hardly contain his joy.
He said: “It’s unreal. What a day for me. I’m happy with the result and I just wish we had the clean sheet but in the end it’s a special day for me.
“I mean I’m not going to think about the clean sheet when I’m sleeping tonight but I’m very happy.
“I didn’t even know I got to keep the match ball and didn’t even think about it. Thankfully my teammates reminded me.
“Back in my youth days I got a few headers but professional ones probably not, it’s maybe the second one I’ve got that I can remember. It’s really special it’s happened today as well as being the perfect hat-trick. I couldn’t believe it when it went in and I turned around.
“The first few months were hard and I had a few starts then I fell out and I’ve been trying to get any minutes I can since that. I’ve made an impact in the last few weeks and showed what I could do and they saw that and gave me a start. I didn’t think it would happen right away it’s a big club so it takes time so I’m happy with my progress so far.
“The team has been fantastic and they’ve helped me so much and so much advice given to me and the younger players have gone through similar things.
“Lampard was an incredible goalscorer and we work on it in training every day. I just want to keep going.”
Pulisic had been struggling for starts prior to Frank Lampard handing him an opportunity at Turf Moor.
He hadn’t started a Premier League match since the 2-2 draw with Sheffield United back in August.
And it was even claimed that the flying winger had asked for a loan move in a bid for more game time.
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Lampard insisted that he would have to earn his place in the side just like any other player.
Excited Chelsea fans now can’t wait to see even more of their big money signing.