Christian Pulisic has been commended by his manager Frank Lampard for his impressive display in the Chelsea victory over Manchester City on Thursday night, even scoring the opening goal.

According to Lampard, the United States international can get “better and better” as part of an exciting young Chelsea side.

The Blues boss stated that the 21-year-old is imbued with “so much talent”, and that “he needs to keep working”.

Pulisic had seen his debut season in England disrupted by untimely injuries heading into a coronavirus-enforced break.

He has, however, been among those to benefit from a period of lockdown, with a three-month hiatus allowing him to work on his fitness.

Lampard said: “Christian came in last summer. Lot of talk about it. He didn’t really get a break when he got in the team. He was playing really well and gets a really tough injury.

“I wanted to protect him a bit against Villa, see that he could make an impact. He did that.

“I always planned to start him against Man City because I know what he can bring in these sort of games and he brought it. He did really well.

“He needs to keep working, he’s a young player but he’s got so much talent and he can get better and better.”