Tammy Abraham

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Tammy Abraham’s goals rain in as derby win continues sunny spell at Roma (unknown)

The forward is flourishing under José Mourinho and scored the earliest ever Serie A Rome derby goal against Lazio on Sunday.

During an interview with CBS before Sunday’s derby, the player confessed to still being “starstruck” by Mourinho despite seeing him every day, remembering him as the first-team manager of the Chelsea side he was graduating into from the club’s youth team in 2015. A growing number of people in Rome look at him the same way. Should it not be considered a failure for a team that reached the Europa League semi-finals last season, and spent more than €120m on transfers since, to be out of that race so soon? Mourinho was a spectacle all on his own, furiously gesturing to Roma’s ultras to stop the “olé” chants that began to take hold before the interval. Perhaps most important, though, is that key individuals at the centre of this project seem to be responding to Mourinho’s methods. Even after beating Lazio, Roma remain eight points adrift of the Champions league places, and his post-game remarks suggested he does not believe that gap can be bridged in the remaining eight games. He struck the winner, too, against Atalanta – rivals for a spot in next season’s European competitions – at the start of the month. It was the fastest strike ever in a Serie A Rome derby, recorded officially at 56 seconds. If Roma were supposed to be the team with tired legs, then Abraham swept Lazio’s from underneath them with a goal inside the first minute. He had scored goals at Chelsea – 30 in all competitions across the preceding two seasons – yet seen his opportunities reduced by a manager, Thomas Tuchel, who confessed to not trusting him. This time it was a slick team move, with Bryan Cristante feeding Henrikh Mkhitaryan down the right and the Armenian nudging the ball on for Rick Karsdorp to cross. By accepting the move, Abraham was not so much stepping into the sunshine as the spotlight.

Tammy Abraham and AS Roma is Europe’s greatest love affair this season in a remarkable campaign (unknown)

If you have Francesco Totti on his feet you must have done something pretty good.

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Nobody predicted this Italian renaissance from Tammy Abraham (Football365.com)

Tammy Abraham is in good company at the top of Italy's top goalscorers list, and his achievements at Roma haven't gone unnoticed in England.

It’s certainly not the first time we’ve seen players from this country flourish abroad – Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho at Borussia Dortmund, for example – and it says something for the insularity of football in England that we welcome so many foreign players to these shores while expressing surprise whenever an English player decides to chance his arm abroad. And although Roma’s season hasn’t quite caught fire, he remains in with a chance of silverware, with a Europa Conference League quarter-final coming up against Bodo/Glimt, while beating Lazio put them above their city rivals in the league and level on points with Atalanta for fifth place and a place in next year’s Europa League. They have left it a little late for a tilt at a Champions League spot – they’re eight points behind fourth-placed Juventus with eight games left to play – but Europa League qualification would represent an improvement on last season. They started strongly, with three straight wins putting them briefly top of the table, but throughout the rest of the first half of the season they were a model of inconsistency, slipping to eighth place. Abraham’s goals have taken him to third place in the Serie A Capocannioniere table, with only Ciro Immobile and Dusan Vlahovic ahead of him. With a place in the England squad for Euro 2020 well beyond him, the move to Italy felt like a reset, though it had the potential to go very wrong. He went into the Rome derby against Lazio tied with Gabriel Batistuta and Vincenzo Montella on 21 goals in their debut seasons for the club, but it only took him 56 seconds to surpass both of them.

Jose Mourinho urges Tammy Abraham to be BETTER - despite two ... (Daily Mail)

Tammy Abraham has been a revelation since swapping Chelsea for AS Roma and his double at the Stadio Olimpico has taken his season tally to 23 goals across ...

Lazio in the second half tried to play with pride but we never lost control. 'Today was really special because it seemed that everything we had planned was put on the field. 'When you say he is fantastic I disagree...

Tammy Abraham 'Couldn't Have Asked for More' After Brace in ... (The Laziali)

Abraham had an incredible game against Lazio yesterday, scoring the opening goal after less than a minute before finding his second...

I’m still disappointed that I missed the goal, it could have been a hattrick. The former Chelsea man has now netted 15 goals in 29 Serie A appearances this season. I couldn’t have asked for more than today’s brace, it’s fantastic.

'When you say fantastic, I disagree': Jose Mourinho demands more ... (The Independent)

The former Chelsea striker's double in the Rome derby extended his record to 23 goals this season.

“When you say Abraham is fantastic, I disagree, he can do even more. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. “Great performance,” Mourinho told DAZN. “Today was really special because it seemed that everything we had planned was put on the field.

Reece James' seven-word verdict after what ex-Chelsea star Tammy ... (Football.London)

The Chelsea defender has given his thoughts on Tammy Abraham's stunning showing for Roma as they secured a big win against cross-city rivals Lazio on ...

The goals were also key for Roma and Jose Mourinho, with the Giallorossi moving themselves back into the European places - albeit they still sit eight points off of the top four. He added to that strike just over 20 minutes later as he once again fired in from close range. Chelsea defender Reece James has said Tammy Abraham needs to be paid more respect after he continued his hot Roma streak at the weekend.