Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori believes that Christian Pulisic’s performance has raised the bar and it is now up to the rest of the players to follow and not get complacent.
In Pulisic’s first Premier League start since August, he produced a standout display for the Blues on Saturday, scoring his side’s first three goals.
The American scored a ‘perfect’ hattrick and is now inspiring the rest of the Chelsea squad to follow suit.
And Tomori has revealed that he is happy for Pulisic
The central defender told the Evening Standard: ‘Everyone is disappointed when they don’t play.
‘We have got a lot of talented players, so you just have to be patient and when you get your chance you have just got to take it as he did on Saturday.
‘I am really happy for him — that patience and hard work he showed in training has paid off.
‘You have got to be on top of your game, not only in the games but in training as well.
‘It is good Christian has come in because everyone has to be on their toes.
‘No one knows their position is safe and that drives the team on and brings the best out of each individual.’
Tomori thinks strong competition for places at Chelsea will help raise the overall level of the team, as he added: “Callum was rested on Saturday and Christian comes in and scores a hat-trick.
“That is going to raise Callum’s game and then Christian is going to want to keep raising his game to stay in the team.
“We have a young team, an exciting team, and we all try to help each other out as the games go on and in training. We don’t feel like we are young players, we are just trying to improve ourselves and to keep our places in the team.”
Chelsea faces Manchester United at home in the Carabao Cup in midweek with several players looking to impress.
