Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta insists Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount will live up to their potential after stinging criticism from Jose Mourinho following their 4-0 thrashing at Manchester United.
Mourinho claimed new Chelsea boss Frank Lampard was wrong to pick inexperienced youngsters Abraham and Mount against a leading Premier League team like United.
The former Chelsea manager said he was surprised proven veterans N’Golo Kante, Olivier Giroud and Marcos Alonso started on the bench as United ran riot at Old Trafford on Sunday.
Lampard expressed surprise at Mourinho’s comments and Azpilicueta made it clear he didn’t agree with the assessment of two of Chelsea’s more highly-rated academy graduates. Read more