A goal and an assist at Burnley to add to his strike in another comfortable win in Russia three days earlier – this is the way Hakim Ziyech must have hoped his delayed start to his Chelsea career would go when he had to watch the opening games of the 2020/21 season from the sidelines.
A knee injury in the only pre-season match that was possible, at Brighton, meant it was only on Wednesday in the Champions League that he was able to start a match for the first time, having come off the bench in the three previous ones. Given the way that game against Krasnodar then went for Ziyech, it was no surprise to see him in the line-up again in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon and to see him doing well.
‘It has been a really good week for me and hopefully we can continue,’ the Moroccan confirmed, speaking after scoring the opening goal in the 3-0 win and playing the ball through for Timo Werner to net the third.
