Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham has admitted that he has been watching and “stealing” ideas from other top strikers on YouTube and has also claimed that Chelsea’s Champions League duel with Valencia on Wednesday is its biggest game of the season so far.
The Blues sit second and, despite a 1-0 defeat to Valencia at Stamford Bridge in their opening game, a win would see them qualify for the knockout stages due to their head-to-head record against their two pool rivals.
Abraham, who was on loan at Aston Villa in the Championship last season, has 11 goals for Chelsea this term, excelling among a number of academy graduates including Mason Mount and Fikayo Tomori.
Asked if this is the biggest game of his career, Abraham replied: “I would say so, definitely, I would say so.
“It will be the biggest test of our nerves so far. We know coming here isn’t going to be easy. But we’ve got to stick together and leave it all out there.
“Before the first game against Valencia, Mason (Mount), Fikayo (Tomori) and I were warming up together and it didn’t feel real at that point, that we were all in the Champions League together.
“Hearing the Champions League music in the background; we were all in the Championship the season before. So it is a dream come true for us.
I guess you have to take major strides. In my spare time, I go on Youtube and watch all the best strikers in the world play in this competition, stealing their ideas and adding it to my game.
“I watch so many. Harry Kane, Aguero, Firmino, they are Premier League strikers obviously, but then there are guys like Lewandowski and all sorts of players who have played in this competition before.”
Abraham’s rise in the Chelsea first team has often been compared to Harry Kane’s breakthrough season for Tottenham in 2013. But Frank Lampard has ensured that Abraham keeps his feet firmly on the ground and does not get carried away.
