Chelsea fans still need convincing Alvaro Morata can emulate Didier Drogba and Diego Costa

There are few players who have arrived at Chelsea with more pressure than Alvaro Morata. For starters, when the Spain striker joined from Real Madrid for £ 58million in the summer of 2017, he became the club's new record transfer.

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Didier Drogba scored a remarkable 164 goals for Chelsea in two spells and was a major factor in claiming 12 trophies during his stay, including the Champions League. Diego Costa, but it was more than enough time to leave a lasting impression. There were 57 goals, two League titles and a League Cup.

Morata, 26, faded terribly after a bright start in his early season and did not begin with one of the best appearances. But the last few weeks, a crucial brace against the Palace, has provided hope.

Chelsea's success story is one of the most important things in the world. still need convincing that he can be as effective as Drogba and Costa.

However, Cesar Azpilicueta wants such talk to stop, explaining: "I do not like comparisons. Everyone has to work his own path. They (Drogba and Costa) had different qualities and personalities. It's unfair to talk about those two big players and Alvaro.

"Alvaro walks his own path. I'm sure, with the way he is working, he will get the reward. "

Inevitably, Chelsea coach Maurizio Sarri was also asked about his Morata after his two neatly-taken goals at the Palace. But amidst the praise was the damning indictment that Morata "is a little bit fragile from the mental point of view".

Anyone who has watched him over the past 15 months. "The goals help a lot because we know strikers – they live for goals," he added. "We know what he is, he has been playing well, finding opportunities. Sometimes the ball does not go in, but I'm happy with his work, his progress. We know that last season was a tough one for him, but he is a very important player for us. "

Despite the train Juventus star's faults, one suspects Palace would be happy to have their front line right now. This is an encouraging display by Roy Hodgson's outfit, who has been attacked by Chelsea in 2015 and 2017.

The game-plan worked for long periods. They nullified Chelsea's attack and used the pace of Andros Townsend and Wilfried Zaha on the counter. Townsend took a lot of David Luiz to the bottom of the corner.

Yet, there are many, many opportunities, moving moves floundered because there is no center-forward to aim for. Chelsea could bring on Eden Hazard, Mateo Kovacic and Cesc Fabregas to help secure the points, Palace had Jordan Ayew and Jeffrey Schlupp to turn to.

A measly eight goals from 11 League matches is a worrying statistic, especially when 16 is registered in the debit column.

Hodgson, who led the club to safety after a terrible start under Boer Frank last term, is unconcerned.

"The only similarity is that we were struggling and did not look like we were going to get results," he said. "This year, we're pretty surprised after matches that we did not get results. Not many teams have outplayed us. "