Chelsea midfielder, Mason Mount has come out to explain his goal celebration vs Liverpool. He recently revealed that he was actually inspired by the anime cartoons that Kurt Zouma watches on Champions League away trips.
According to him, he and Chilwell always sit behind the Frenchman on the plane, so they sometimes watch his anime cartoons from behind to mock him.
Mount added that he was proud of the goal he scored vs the Reds because it sealed a massive win for his team.
His words, “Me and Chilly always sit together behind Zouma on the plane when we travel away for the Champions League and stuff.”
“He’s always watching cartoons like anime so we usually watch from behind and laugh at him.”
“We said if one of us scored, we’d do it so that was the reason behind it and obviously it’s one for Kurt as well.”
On the game, “We know they have quite a high line and they like to press high, especially at home, so any time we won the ball back from turnovers or we played out from the back, we looked to go in behind them.”
“When I got the ball, I thought I was in a bit of space and I could go at Fabinho, even though Trent [Alexander-Arnold] was maybe coming back as well.”
“When I got into the box, I knew I was one-on-one so I just tried to get a yard, get it on to my right foot and then when you’re inside the box, you can open up the goal a bit. That was my idea.”
“I tried to execute it and it went into the far corner. It was a massive goal for us and a massive win as well.”
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