If Frank Lampard was concerned about Christian Pulisic’s ability to handle the pressures of replacing Eden Hazard while adapting to life in the Premier League, the United States international’s performance in the 4-2 win against Burnley offered devastating proof that such worries were unfounded.

Much of that, of course, is down to the astute tutelage of Lampard who, with every passing week, is looking like the most inspired managerial move made by Roman Abramovich for many years.

Seven straight victories, and a bright and breezy new, youth-orientated philosophy around Stamford Bright threaten to make this one of the most enjoyable seasons for Chelsea supporters in recent memory.

And, considering that the campaign opened with a transfer ban and the loss of the talismanic Belgian, that mood of optimism may be the most impressive achievement yet of Lampard’s brief, if promising, reign.

“People talk about transition and obviously there is a transition when you lose a player as impactful as Eden,” said Lampard. “He scored or created nearly 50 per cent of our goals last year so you have to accept that and look where else in our team we can come up with that sort of end product and we do have the players to do it.