After picking up the Man of the Match trophy for his 45-minute performance, Romelu Lukaku spoke to Sky Sports.

The west London club came from behind to beat Aston Villa after Jorginho’s first-half penalty chalked off Reece James own goal.

Lukaku’s introduction in the second half turned the game on its head in favour of the visitors.

The Belgium international spoke about his individual effort today : “I think I needed a performance like this today. It’s been difficult getting ends of the game.

“Every footballer wants to be on the pitch.

“The manager has his reasons but I kept working hard and today was good first to win and for myself personally I’m happy with my performance and now I have to push on”

Lukaku was asked if Chelsea needed that result after dropping down to nine points behind league leaders Manchester City.

Lukaku said: “We are the hunters now.

“The last results were not the best and now we have to chase. We have to treat every game like a final.

“Today we won and now we have to push on. We had to win the game.

“Credit to Steven Gerrard and his staff. It was not easy for us.

“Our quality came through.”