{"id":1106485,"date":"2019-09-15T14:50:24","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T13:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1106485"},"modified":"2019-09-15T13:25:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T12:25:12","slug":"tomori-goal-chelsea-wolves-smashing-windows","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/tomori-goal-chelsea-wolves-smashing-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomori was &#8220;smashing windows&#8221; in training before Wolves wonder strike, jokes Abraham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tammy Abraham has joked that Fikayo Tomori was &#8220;smashing windows&#8221; in training prior to Chelsea&#8217;s 5-2 victory over Wolves.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old defender opened the scoring with a thumping effort from 35 yards which just so happened to be his first-ever shot in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tomori&#8217;s wonder strike: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Tomori started his second Premier League game at Wolves.<\/li>\n<li>He opened the scoring with his first-ever shot in the Premier League.<\/li>\n<li>His effort came from 35 yards out, with teammate Abraham later admitting that he did not want the defender to shoot.<\/li>\n<li>The long-range strike was only Tomori&#8217;s third goal at senior level.<\/li>\n<li>Chelsea ran out 5-2 winners at Molineux with Abraham and Mason Mount also on the scoresheet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7367517-de-bruyne-is-on-course-to-break-henry-s-most-impressive-premier-league-record<\/p>\n<p>The effort subsequently lead to scenes of delight from Tomori and his teammates &#8211; most notably fellow Blues academy graduate Abraham, who went on to bag a hat-trick at Molineux.<\/p>\n<p>Not exactly renowned for his scoring prowess, this was only the centre-back&#8217;s third goal at senior club level. His previous two came at Derby County where he temporarily stayed last season and played under current Chelsea boss Frank Lampard.<\/p>\n<p>Lampard fielded Tomori as part of a back-three and being the spare man allowed him to get further up the field, which resulted in his goal, and Abraham has revealed the 21-year-old has been working on his shooting behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Unai Emery Plays Lacazette, Aubameyang and Pe\u0301pe\u0301? w\/Nick Bright\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XASmprQsy6Y?start=24&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was thinking \u2018don&#8217;t shoot, but everyone is delighted for him,&#8221; Abraham told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/news\/2019\/09\/15\/tammy-abraham-talks-hunger--hat-tricks-and-homegrown-scorers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">club&#8217;s official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In training, he&#8217;s been trying it every day and smashing windows but today it paid off \u2013 it was a great strike.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were the last people off the pitch because we were discussing how we&#8217;ve all scored in the same game for Chelsea. We&#8217;ve dreamt of that since we were little boys and we made it happen today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The kids are alright<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As Abraham touched on, Chelsea&#8217;s five goals were spread between three former academy graduates: himself, Tomori and Mount.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s becoming one of this season&#8217;s trends. All of the Blues&#8217; Premier League strikes (11) have been scored by a player who has progressed through the club&#8217;s youth set-up: Abraham (7), Mount (3) and Tomori (1).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">21y 124d &#8211; The average age of Chelsea&#39;s league goalscorers this season has been 21 years and 124 days &#8211; the youngest average across the 98 teams in the top five European leagues in 2019-20. Flourishing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MMTVy3LBB3\">pic.twitter.com\/MMTVy3LBB3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OptaJoe\/status\/1172976693012783107?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Going even further; if we exclude own-goals, Chelsea are the first team in Premier League history to have 11 goals scored on the bounce by players aged 21 or younger.<\/p>\n<p>Their current average age of 21 years and 124 days means they have the youngest league goalscorers so far this season of any side across Europe&#8217;s &#8216;big five&#8217; leagues.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/predictions\/chelsea-valencia-predictions-preview-champions-league\">Champions League group game against Valencia<\/a>, where Frank Lampard will make his European managerial debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tammy Abraham has joked that Fikayo Tomori was &#8220;smashing windows&#8221; in training prior to Chelsea&#8217;s 5-2 victory over Wolves. 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