Chelsea striker Abraham: Giroud like an older brother

Football
21 Oct 2019 • 5:35 PM MYT
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Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham says Olivier Giroud is "like an older brother" for him.

The 22-year-old has kept Giroud out of Frank Lampard's side with his blistering form in front of goal.

But that hasn't stopped the World Cup winner throwing his arm around the budding star.

"I look at Oli like an older brother," Abraham said after Chelsea's 1-0 win over Newcastle.

"I'm always learning from him on the training pitch and I've grown up watching him. He's always supporting me.

"When someone's doing well and scoring goals you have to support them and that's what he is doing for me. I look at different strikers. Ollie is obviously not the fastest striker in the world, but what he has is unbelievable.

"His one-touch play, his hold-up play, his one-touch finishing, I just take those little things that I see in training. If the ball is coming into the box off the ground, his volleying and everything is on point, so you have to take those little things and add them to your game.

"I'm a visual learner. I like to watch and take people's ideas. And add them to myself the same with Michy [Batshuayi], he is also a great striker. For me to be training with these two players is wonderful."