Chelsea legend Didier Drogba has claimed that 21-year-old prodigy Tammy Abraham learnt from him during his time at Stamford Bridge.

Abraham, 21, has been at Chelsea since Under-8 level and has grown up watching Drogba score many of his 164 goals for the Blues.

The young Chelsea striker has bagged seven goals in his last three games and when asked about him, Drogba said: “Yes I’ve known him since he’s been like this.

“These are kids that we used to see, they used to come and watch us training, and I believe they learned a bit of our skills, how we read the game.

“So, you know, we’re not surprised because I also trained with them when I used to train with the reserve team.

“It was always a moment for me to give away some skills, some knowledge, and they learnt really fast, really quick.”

Abraham faces his toughest test yet on Sunday as the Blues host early league leaders Liverpool looking to become the first side to take points off Jurgen Klopp’s side in the Premier League this season

Junior Ajayi was on song for Al Ahly, scoring the first and the third goal while Hussein El-Shahat scored the second goal to beat Zamalek 3-2 to win the Egyptian Super Cup on Friday night at Borg El Arab Stadium.

Ajayi scored the first goal of the match in the 17th minute, finishing Ali Maaloul crossed corner kick with a powerful strike that nestled into the back of Mohamed Awad’s net.

Al-Ahly doubled the score seconds before half time through Hussein El Shahat after Zamalek defenders failed to clear the ball to end the first half with a 2-0 lead for Al-Ahly.

It only took Al Ahly five minutes after the restart to extent their lead to 3-0. Ramadan Sobhi intercepted the ball from Mahmoud ‘Shikabala’ in a dangerous zone and squared it towards Ajayi, who doubled his tally with a smooth finish into the bottom corner.

Zamalek, however, reduced the deficit with Mahmoud Alaa’s two goals from the penalty spot in the 62nd and 75th minutes of the game.

All the efforts by Zamalek to equalize proved abortive as Al Ahly stood their ground, displaying nonesuch discipline to carry the day.

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Frank Lampard has explained why he is adopting his old boss Jose Mourinho man-management method as his Chelsea side prepares to face Liverpool’s own king of charisma Jurgen Klopp

Stamford Bridge legend Lampard “tries to act” with his players the same way his two-time Chelsea manager Mourinho treated him – building a bond that inspired the midfielder to become a 106-cap England regular.

Ex-Derby chief Lamps told Sky Sports: “I’ve been influenced by all the managers i’ve played under, probably Jose as much if not more than anyone.

“Because he was at a real point in my career where my performances got better, my mindset changed, he gave me a lot of confidence within the team and about myself.

“So I try and act like that with players, I try to have a personal relationship with them, which means driving them every day, driving them to be better and try to help them to be confident and understand what you need to do to go up the levels as a player.

“So I took a lot from Jose but I also took a lot from my other managers.”