Gary Neville has compared Tammy Abraham to Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino after the Chelsea striker netted twice to see off West Ham on Monday evening.
Abraham staked his claim to return to the forefront of Frank Lampard's plans with his brace against the Hammers, returning to the starting XI in the place of Olivier Giroud for the 3-0 win.
The England international began the season as Lampard's preferred option in the lead striking role, but Giroud managed to win the starting position by impressing in the Europa League and off the bench in the Premier League.
Though, after consecutive defeats, Abraham was given the opportunity to win back his place and he took it.
After witnessing the striker's brace, Manchester United legend turned Sky Sports pundit spoke about Abraham's role for Chelsea, likening him to Liverpool's Firmino.
“He’s going to get 12-15 goals, the pressure will come on him when they say Chelsea need a goalscorer," he said.
"I know they’ve got Werner who can score from wide areas but when the centre-forward isn’t scoring 15-20 goals a season, he’ll come under pressure. He’s got to get those goals early in the season.
“I think there was a massive relief there on his face when he was doing that interview.
"He could be the Firmino at Liverpool, who sometimes gets questioned a little bit for not scoring enough goals.
"But I don’t think anyone that knows football questions him because they know what he brings to the other two, they get more plaudits and scores goals but he does a lot of the work that supports that.
“I just think at Chelsea, he will get put under pressure. A young striker, an English centre-forward, he just needs to keep scoring goals to keep people away from him, to make sure those clouds don’t build.”
