IT was all smiles for Frank Lampard as he bagged his first victory as Blues' boss.
Tammy Abraham came up trumps with a double as the Blues saw off plucky Norwich 3-2, with Super Frank's Young Guns looking to do the business next time out against Sheffield United.
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DAVID LUIZ received messages of support from his old Chelsea teammates after his awful performance during Arsenal's 3-1 defeat at Liverpool.
The Brazilian had a fairly solid first half at Anfield but fell to bits in the second when he mindlessly pulled Mo Salah's shirt to concede a penalty which the Egyptian duly converted.
This before Salah pulled his pants down again when he glided past the rampaging 32-year-old just ten minutes after his first error and slotted the ball past Bernd Leno.
And after some of those flaws were exposed again in the Anfield clash, Luiz took to Instagram to defend himself but NOT apologise.
Blues left-back Emerson wrote: “You are a monster” in Portuguese while Tammy Abraham and Reece James posted heart and praying emojis respectively.
The praying emoji was replicated by his new Gunners teammate Granit Xhaka while Alexandre Lacazette commented: “Together bro” with two fist bump icons.
MATEO KOVACIC can fill the hole left by Michael Ballack and Frank Lampard in Chelsea's midfield, according to Garth Crooks.
The Croatian playmaker – who made his loan deal permanent this summer – endured a slow start to his Stamford Bridge career but starred in the 3-2 win over Norwich.
He said: “Since the departures of Didier Drogba, Michael Ballack, John Terry and Frank Lampard, Chelsea have lacked leadership on the pitch.
“The arrival of Mateo Kovacic at Stamford Bridge didn’t convince me that anything had changed until his performance against Norwich.
“In the absence of N’Golo Kante, the Croatia international looked immense. I knew he could tackle, compete and was full of enthusiasm but I didn’t think he could play.
“Every time I watch him at Stamford Bridge, he plays the ball everywhere apart from where it should have gone.
“His performance against Norwich proved he is much better than that. His manger Lampard may have discovered a player here.”
EMERSON PALMIERI thrills Chelsea fans with performance against Norwich.
CHRISTIAN PULISIC receives criticism on social media from Chelsea fans.
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