Chelsea star Fikayo Tomori has earned the trust of his manager Frank Lampard by displaying a “brilliant” attitude, ahead of the clash against Liverpool on Sunday at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues welcome the top division’s only unbeaten team this weekend as Liverpool makes the trip to Stamford Bridge in a repeat of last month’s UEFA Super Cup, which the European champions won on a penalty shootout.
Tomori featured as a substitute on that occasion but is now set to earn a third consecutive top-flight start by moving quickly through the queue of center-backs and the injury crises at Chelsea.
Lampard became convinced of the 21-year-old’s readiness for the Premier League during their time together at Derby County last season and the Englishman insisted he would have been part of the first-team plans at Chelsea even if David Luiz had not left for Arsenal.
The 41-year-old Chelsea boss has been mightily impressed with the way Tomori has approached everything in his career so far, “The real credit of Fikayo is the way that he has approached it all, His mentality from when he came to Derby to today has been brilliant, from beginning to end. That is why he is improving.”
Lampard also went out on a limb to explain that he puts trust in Tomori as a player and that’s the reason why the defender is included in the squad, “I just trust in him. I trust in him as a player, the way that he trains every day, it’s the kind of thing I want to see daily and the way he plays. Of course, he is a young player and like all young players, there are moments where he can improve and that’s something he constantly needs to work on. I trust in him, hence I wanted him as part of the squad. That wouldn’t have mattered who might have gone or not. My idea when I came here was to keep Fik part of the squad anyway because I trust him to come and play here.”
Chelsea will face a tough test against Liverpool on Sunday in the Premier League as Jurgen Klopp’s table-toppers visit Stamford Bridge for a crunch encounter.
