Lampard to toast first victory as boss

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Frank Lampard will toast his first win as Chelsea boss by spending the evening in front of a baby monitor after his young Blues downed Norwich.

Academy products Tammy Abraham and Mason Mount grabbed the goals in a thrilling victory – the Canaries twice coming from behind to draw level.

Abraham opened the scoring early on with his first senior goal for Chelsea, before Todd Cantwell levelled from close range.

In-form Teemu Pukki then grabbed a second equaliser before half-time after Mount had struck.

Chelsea were more dominant in the second half and had a Kurt Zouma goal ruled out by VAR – with Abraham’s second settling an entertaining contest. Lampard, whose third child was born last year, had not managed a win in his first three games in charge, but has no grand plans to celebrate his maiden victory.

Asked if he had given himself a chance to celebrate, the former Chelsea midfielder said: “If celebration means a couple of glasses of wine while watching the baby monitor and watching Match of the Day, then that will be it. That’s the way life is these days!

“For me, I am very happy with the result. We want to win games, I want to stay in contention.

“I didn’t want a slow start. We had a tough start and, I have got to say, I am happy with a lot of the performances.

“But you can’t shout that too loudly if you aren’t winning games. So it changes it for me, today.

“It gives me more determination to work. I saw a lot of good things, things we can improve, but I saw a real belief in the players and the way they played today. I am happy, but determined.”

Chelsea’s travelling support revelled in the fact their goals came from two players who have come up through the ranks at Stamford Bridge.

Abraham has spent plenty of time out on loan and excelled at Aston

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