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Mason Mount showed the full package against Norwich City.
A goal, an assist and plenty of workrate to help out Ruben Loftus-Cheek who was deployed as a wing-back in the second half.
Mount put in a performance of confidence that hinted at a blossoming connection between the England international and Kai Havertz. It was the German who found Mount on the edge of the box to allow the talismanic figure to open up his body to beat the Canaries defender.
Finding those pockets of space was something he did again and again.
“I’ve seen Chelsea destroy teams with their wing backs,” said Dean Smith after the match.
“They play five on your back line and cause teams lots of problems. They’ve done that today even though we didn’t flatten off quick enough in midfield.
“Mason Mount caused untold problems by picking up lots of space in the opposite pocket and we never filled it well enough, which gave us problems.”
While Mount was able to find that pocket, his connection with Havertz was also clear. No more so than in the 22nd minute at Carrow Road. The duo went back and forth on the right flank and into the Norwich box before Havertz reached the byline and chipped back towards Mount to volley over. It would have been a truly special goal.
It wasn't long ago that some pressure was building on the academy product, with his misses against Liverpool perhaps overamplified because of their