It was a field day at Stamford Bridge when the Blues further held their position at the summit of the Premier League table and Mount was at the heart of everything.
The 22-year-old opened the scoring just eight minutes into the game before setting up Reece James to make it three on the cusp of halftime after Callum Hudson Odoi had already made it two on 18 minutes.
Mount got his second and third during the dying embers when the game was already a dead rubber.
“It’s a special day, not just for me but because of the scoreline and the way we played. These early kick-offs can be very difficult at times. There’s not much time to recover, but the performance we put in and with me getting a hat-trick – it was a special day,” said the former Derby County loanee.
“A lot of the boys have scored this season. I said in midweek it was about time to get on the scoresheet and i was fortunate.
“I just got told [Gareth Southgate] was watching. It’s brilliant for me and obviously to get my first goals of the season and an assist, it was a good day.”
“The most important thing for us is to focus on every game. We’ve got massive games coming up and if we go from game to game, we can keep racking up points. Our goal is to be up there and we want to be a big team.”
