Chelsea midfielder Christian Pulisic believes that he has earned the respect of his teammates after his friendly exploits.
The young American scored twice for the Blues against Red Bull Salzburg recently.
The 20-year-old thinks it was important for him to get his first goals with his new club.
"It was a big relief to score my first goals for Chelsea," Pulisic said to reporters.
"Being a new signing and coming into the club, I felt I needed to prove myself and wanted to show the guys early on, especially my team-mates, that I can play too. Hopefully I have done that a bit and earned their respect.
"It's what I'm out there to do. I'm in an attacking position. I want to score goals, I want to help with assists and do a lot of good things.
"I'm not trying to fill the gap left by Eden, he was an unbelievable player. I want to be my own player, to look at me like that, do the best I can for the team."