When Alvaro Morata took a call from Mauricio Pochettino in 2015 asking if he would fancy a move to Tottenham Hotspur, the striker politely replied that he did not want to be a back up to Harry Kane.

Two years later, Morata pitched up at Chelsea as the main man to replace Diego Costa and proved that he would indeed have been no match for Kane at Spurs.

Morata had already left for Atletico Madrid when Tammy Abraham returned from his season on loan at Aston Villa, but the 22-year-old has done such a good job of making the number nine shirt his own that Chelsea may soon face a similar problem to the one Tottenham have been unable to solve.

Much as nobody wants to fight a losing battle with Kane, Europe’s strikers will be getting wise to the fact that Abraham could become an impossible player to dislodge at Stamford Bridge.

Abraham scored his third successive goal in front of the home fans on Tuesday night to send Chelsea on their way to the knockout stages of the Champions League. He now has 14 goals for club and country this season.

This has been a 10 days in which Abraham’s importance has been underlined. Chelsea were toothless without him against West Ham United and fell to a shock defeat.