Christian Pulisic described his hat-trick for Chelsea as “unreal” after he inspired them to victory over Burnley.
The Blues won 4-2 at Turf Moor, where Pulisic emphatically repaid boss Frank Lampard’s decision to give him a starting place.
“It’s unreal. What a day for me. In the end it was definitely a special day for me,” Pulisic told Sky Sports.
Pulisic endured a difficult start following his arrival from Borussia Dortmund but has been outstanding in recent games.
He made a big impact after coming on as a substitute against Newcastle and Ajax and was superb from the start against a Burnley side who were outclassed before scoring two late consolation goals.
Pulisic said: “The first few months were definitely hard. I had a few starts early in the season and then I fell out of it and I was trying to get any minutes that I could and just make an impact.
“Gladly in the last two weeks I was able to show that again – I was helping the team coming in in the Newcastle game and I think they saw that and gave me a start today.
“I didn’t think it was going to happen right away, being a big success. Coming into a club like this takes time so I’m happy with the progress I’ve made so far and I’m just going to keep going from here.”
This post was last modified on 26/10/2019