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Chelsea boss Lampard on Pulisic: We have ourselves a very, very good player

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard was delighted with their 3-0 defeat of Watford.

Christian Pulisic continued the excellent form he has shown since the Premier League restart, with his pace and skill proving to be a constant problem for Watford, resulting in the penalty which allowed them to go two goals ahead before half-time.

Lampard said, "He was playing very well, he got injured at the start of January and he'd been injured until the restart. But what he looks now is sharp and hungry and his quality is there for everyone to see at the moment. He's going past players, he's moving at pace, he always works very hard for the team in all senses to be fair.

"So I'm very happy with him and considering his age, considering what could be coming from him, I'm very, very pleased and we've got ourselves a very good player and he'll get even better."

The only sour note was an injury to N'Golo Kante.

"Kante has got a small hamstring issue," revealed the boss. "He'll have a scan tomorrow so we'll have to see how bad it is but I'm guessing it will be a problem for Crystal Palace on Tuesday."

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