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Mount responds to praise from Fabregas after Chelsea victory

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Chelsea star Mason Mount has reacted to praise from ex-Blues Cesc Fabregas after a fine outing against Rennes in the Champions League.

Chelsea star Mason Mount was delighted to receive praise from a ‘magician’ like Fabregas who he holds in high regard.

The 21-year-old continues to impress under Frank Lampard and his latest outing saw him give Callum Hudson-Odoi a sublime assist to open the scoring in Rennes. The midfielder was one of the top performers in the game all night.

Fabregas was watching his former team and soon tweeted: “Mason Mount, fantastic.”

Chelsea went on to win, with Olivier Giroud heading home in injury time as the Blues qualified for the Champions League knockout stages. Even better that they did so with two games to spare.

It is the earliest Chelsea have reached the last-16 stage in 10 years.

After the game Mount saw Fabregas’s tweet and responded, writing: “Thanks magician, been watching your assists.”

Fabregas made 350 Premier League appearances, across spells with Arsenal and Chelsea, scoring 50 goals and supplying 111 assists.

Next up for Chelsea is a crunch top-of-the-table clash against Tottenham in the Premier League.

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