Tammy Abraham spent much of his 14 minutes on the Stamford Bridge field against Watford, increasingly exasperated with Christian Pulisic.
Eager to impress Frank Lampard with a goal from the bench, Abraham sprang into action each time Chelsea advanced in numbers in search of the third goal Ross Barkley would eventually find in injury time. Pulisic, however, was eager to top off a man-of-the-match performance with a goal of his own, and his eyes lit up as soon as he saw Ben Foster’s goal.
When the American had a blocked shot in the last minute with Abraham in space in the middle, the young Chelsea striker threw his head skyward in frustration, stretching his arms out in front of him to indicate where he wanted the pass to be played.
The moment, easy to miss in the closing minutes of a relatively light game in drama, was memorable not because Abraham’s frustration was hugely significant; attacking teammates protesting …
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