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2. Tammy Abraham's predatory instincts highlight Villa's problems
Who would, at the start of the season, have possibly thought that Tammy Abraham will be of invaluable importance to Lampard's setup?
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He was back in the side after a minor strain sustained a week back, and back amongst the goals. Abraham had earlier scored a treble against Wolves, and a header planted past Rui Patricio illustrated how effective and clever he is in getting ahead of his marker at the right time, with tons of appetite.
He knew where the goal was, and while Chelsea were running the ball to and fro down the right, he could easily have lost his way. But the academy graduate was smart enough to time his run to perfection, leave the Villa defenders in their wake and bury a header that was made to look extremely simple courtesy of the run.
Abraham was constantly pressing the visitors down, using his body well to shield the ball and was lively throughout the game. He's an all-round centre forward, whose asset is now indispensable and quintessential.
Villa, on the contrary, shot themselves in the foot. They packed the numbers in to defend the cross but never got rid of their man. Should they stay up, they'll have to fix their zonal, static defending sooner than later.
