Chelsea: £88k-a-week star will now be 'incredibly relieved' at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea midfielder Mason Mount will be “incredibly relieved” to finally get off the mark against Aston Villa on Sunday, according to journalist Paul Brown.

The £88,000 per-week star had gone 14 games without scoring since netting at Leeds back in May, but finally ended his drought at Villa Park.

Mount has made a reasonable start to the campaign, registering five assists in his first 12 outings, including two in each of the wins over Wolves and AC Milan.

But the England international was still struggling on the goal front, with his only strike coming for his country in the recent draw with Germany.

However, Mount needed less than six minutes against Villa to get himself on the scoresheet after he capitalised on some questionable defending from Tyrone Mings to sweep Chelsea into an early lead.

The Blues were generally under the cosh for most of the game after that, but Mount came up with another key contribution on 65 minutes when he curled home a wonderful free-kick for his and Chelsea's second.

It's now six goal involvements in just 206 minutes for the 23-year-old, who's hitting form just in time for the World Cup.

He told GIVEMESPORT: "I'm sure he'll be incredibly relieved. He's always said himself that the one thing he wants to add to his game is goals.

"He's not really a regular enough goalscorer yet and I think Chelsea need that from him and England need that too."

Since breaking into the first-team, Mount averages around 10 goals a season, and despite his slow start, there's no reason he can't reach double figures once again.

Including the domestic cups, Premier League and Champions League, Chelsea should still have around 35-40 fixtures left to play this season, so there's plenty of opportunities for Mount to keep