Mason Mount reveals why he took Chelsea’s penalty in ‘disappointing’ Southampton draw
Mason Mount has revealed why he took the penalty in Chelsea’s ‘disappointing’ draw with Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday.
Southampton have endured a dismal run lately but held Thomas Tuchel’s Blues to a 1-1 draw at St Mary’s, with Mount cancelling out Takumi Minamino’s opener with a second-half penalty.
Jorginho has been a regular penalty-taker for Chelsea but was off the pitch, while Tammy Abraham – who Mount says was ahead of him in the queue – was replaced at half-time.
That meant it was up to Mount and Timo Werner to decide who took the spot-kick and Mount says he took on Tuchel’s advice before slotting away the penalty.
‘Tammy was actually taking the first one but obviously he went off at half-time so it was either me or Timo,’ Mount told Chelsea’s official website.
‘The manager said it should be whoever feels confident on the pitch so I just stepped up.
‘I missed my last one at Tottenham in the Carabao Cup so I wanted to make it right and I was confident in scoring as well.
‘I’ve said before that it does mean a little bit more to me [to score against Southampton] and I scored here last season as well so it’s a nice ground for me to play at.
‘But the most important thing is to get the three points and we didn’t manage to do that so it’s obviously a disappointment.’
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