Gabby Agbonlahor has picked Chelsea’s Mason Mount over Manchester United’s Christian Eriksen when asked who’s better.
Chelsea host Man United this evening at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League, with just one point separating the two sides in the table.
The two English giants have drawn their last four meetings with each other, and it could be another tight encounter on Saturday.
Mount over Eriksen
TalkSPORT pundit Agbonlahor has taken part in a segment where he chooses between a Chelsea and a Man United player ahead of the weekend showdown.
One interesting match up was between Mount and Eriksen, who are both top-class individuals.
Interestingly, Agbonlahor has narrowly favoured Chelsea’s creative playmaker.
“Mount recently has been turning it on. I’m going to go Mason Mount, but that’s a tough one because I do like Eriksen,” he told talkSPORT.
Eriksen, 30, is a ball-playing central midfielder that can open up opponents with his passing from all areas of the pitch. It’s been a very impressive start for him during his first season at Old Trafford.
Meanwhile, 23-year-old Mount often slots into slightly more advanced positions on the pitch than his Man United counterpart. Thankfully, the England star is now starting to hit his best form again.
Graham Potter has quickly made Mount a key player since becoming Chelsea boss, something that predecessors Thomas Tuchel and Frank Lampard did in equal measure.
Described as “fantastic” by Potter, Mount is likely to have a key role to play this weekend against Man United.
The attacking midfielder is looking like the player to make things happen in the final third for the Blues with his movement or weight of pass.
In our view, we are favouring Mount over Eriksen when picking between the pair. The duo could easily play alongside each other in a dream line-up, though.
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