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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