Frank Lampard gets the opportunity to handle Chelsea's new-look assault unexpectedly against Burnley on Saturday.
Hakim Ziyech is the last bit of a forward line that has been totally updated in the course of recent months.
The Moroccan's remarkable exhibition in the 4-0 win against Krasnodar midweek served notice of the hazard he will add to an assault that cost £207million to amass.
His flying wing play in Russia was accurately what Chelsea have missed so far this season – torturing Krasnodar's protection and gathering a luxuriously merited first objective for the club.
Ziyech's knee injury – got in pre-season – denied Lampard of a player he was persuaded would be undeniably fit to the Premier League and help make up for the shortcoming left by the flights of Eden Hazard, Pedro and Willian.
While Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Christian Pulisic have been attempting to build up a comprehension with little occasion to take a shot at the preparation ground, Lampard has endeavored to compensate for the loss of Ziyech's explicitness from the privilege with a blend of Mason Mount or wing-backs.
Presently the previous Ajax player is prepared to make his first beginning in the Premier League, which could see Lampard at last reveal his front four from the start.
"As far as having him fit and playing this week was extraordinary for us on the grounds that many individuals I feel have scrutinized the assaulting side of our game in the early piece of the period and we scored a ton of objectives," said the Chelsea director.
"I generally felt when Hakim is fit, when Christian is fit, which has just been in the last hardly any games, we'd begin to see the side. We had Pedro last season and Willian was a gigantic player.
"The year prior to that we had Eden Hazard. Such a players don't get supplanted spontaneously.
"With Hakim we could acquire somebody with genuine various characteristics to what in particular we've had as of late as far as a left-footed, right-sided player, which was his primary situation at Ajax.
"He does it such that he particularly about opening up chances for others with his intersection capacity and last pass. He's not really a winger who will fly past players constantly, yet that is in his game.
"He can discover a pass and at times last season, I felt we did not have that when we were playing against low-block protections. We saw a touch of his quality and character against Krasnodar.
"Receiving the ball and turning, looking ahead and finding that pass before groups are set, that is what I'm amped up for to see from Hakim."
On the pitch Ziyech is proceeding with the rich customs of Chelsea wingers from Arjen Robben to Hazard. In any case, it is his character which has additionally struck Lampard, who was essential for solid, vocal changing areas during his prize loaded playing profession at Stamford Bridge.
"He is a certain chap and player essentially, which is something I detected, so I felt pretty agreeable about the possibility that he would come in and settle.
"He had played at a decent level and I watched him in a ton of the Champions League games for Ajax so I realized he had the capacity to play at this level, yet it's anything but a simple class.
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