Christian Pulisic played down comparisons with Real Madrid star Eden Hazard after helping Chelsea return to winning ways against Watford on Saturday.
Pulisic has been one of the stars of the Premier League since the season resumed last month, scoring two goals and providing a number of assists.
The USA international produced another impressive performance at Stamford Bridge against Watford and won a penalty as Chelsea recovered from their shock defeat to West Ham to beat Watford 3-0.
Frank Lampard’s side led by two goals at half-time thanks to Olivier Giroud and Willian, while Ross Barkley added a third late on to wrap up a comfortable victory.
Pulisic’s impressive performances have led to comparisons with Hazard, who left Chelsea to join Real Madrid last summer.
Reacting to the comparisons, Pulisic told Sky Sports: ‘Eden was an incredible player for Chelsea and is a world class player so I’m not going to try to compare myself to him.
‘I’m just going to try to be my own player and hopefully the fans like that guy.
‘I feel confident in my game right now and I’m happy to be on the field to help my team. I’m just going to continue and keep my confidence high.’
Chelsea’s victory seem them climb back above Manchester United, who briefly occupied fourth-placed following their thrashing over Bournemouth.
On Chelsea’s Champions League hopes, Pulisic added: ‘This is going to be close, but we’re going to fight until the end. Hopefully we can do it.
‘There’s a little bit of extra energy because of the loss to West Ham. We wanted to prove a point, and I think we did that.’
Chelsea’s Man of the Match from their win over Watford, Mason Mount, hailed the ‘brilliant’ performance from Lampard’s side.
He said: ‘I’m quite surprised I got man of the match, to be fair! I was just trying to keep the ball and keep it ticking over. Ross got a goal and an assist.
‘But it was a brilliant performance. We spoke before the game that we needed to have a reaction and show what we can do. It was a must-win game and we did that.
‘We took a loss against West Ham but that’s how our season has gone. We have bounced back from a lot of defeats and we showed again tonight that we can win when the pressure’s on.
‘We just need to keep going now and get as many points as we can.’
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