'Fikayo Tomori Is Better Than Zouma' - Young Defender Receives High Accolades From Chelsea Fans

Chelsea fans were clearly delighted with the performance of Fikayo Tomori as the Europa League holders were beaten 5-4 on penalties by Liverpool in Wednesday evening's UEFA Super Cup in Istanbul.

The central defender played his second competitive game for Chelsea's first team after replacing Andreas Christensen in the 85th minute and gave a good account of himself.

One supporter believes that Tomori is better than Zouma while others praised him for his composure, pace and agility.

Here is how they reacted to Tomori's brilliant performance on Twitter :

@Ola_mide555 : ''Fikayo Tomori is better than Zouma''.

@Topstar80 : ''Fikayo tomori was nice too''.

@Rubeyinho : ''I hope Fikayo Tomori gets a good amount of game time this season. #CFC''.

@DannyPerring : ''@fikayotomori_ another that looked comfortable when he came on. I liked what I saw from the young CB.''

@ivanlotti : ''Fikayo Tomori looked the part whenever he had to do something last night. Top talent. #CFC''.

@rossy11oc :''@masonmount_10 is really a diamond ain't he.  And @fikayotomori_ too. Exciting times''.

@hahbeeblah : ''Who else noticed that boy @fikayotomori_tomori very calm on the ball''.

@LeftBackJM :''I thought Kurt Zouma & Antonio Rudiger were very quick for center backs.. Then I saw the pace of Fikayo Tomori''.

@TammAbraham9 : ''Fikayo Tomori is a pacey CB, loved watching him last night, Top lad''.

@LadiSpeaks : ''Fikayo Tomori was solid yesterday though - I was impressed''.

@K_Ansongkwame1 : ''I was happy to see how Fikayo Tomori fared in the game yesterdayvafyer he came on to replace Christensen..See am happy Lamps is giving the kids confidence..Our future looks bright''.

@pgbzhg : ''@fikayotomori_ you were unbelievable the way you played. Keep up the good work.''

@CAgisilou : ''Really impressed by @fikayotomori_ when he come on, looked solid & composed.#SuperCup #liverpoolvschelsea #Chelsea''.

@wisdom_afedo : ''Fikayo Tomori is good''.

@CFC_Kyle_ : ''Want to give @fikayotomori_ a mention, he came into a high intensity final and looked like he had played in 10 finals before, great passing and composure, fast , agile. I have to see I was worried when we sold luiz in terms of depth but I have no doubt fikayo will do wonders''.

Ifeanyi Emmanuel

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