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Chelsea fans rejoiced after academy star Alfie Gilchrist scored his first goal for the club in Monday's 6-0 thrashing of Everton.
Stamford Bridge was already bouncing after Cole Palmer's first-half hattrick set them on their way to a dominant victory, before three more goals were fired in during the second 45 minutes.
Gilchrist has risen through the ranks of Chelsea's Cobham-based academy and made his first-team debut in the penultimate game of last season against Man United at Old Trafford.
The 20-year-old is from a family of Blues supporters and despite the pressurised situation managed to keep his cool when Ben Chilwell's deflected pass fell into his path inside the Everton area.
Gilchrist despatched his shot coolly into the bottom corner past a helpless Jordan Pickford and ran off celebrating wildly before being mobbed by his Chelsea team-mates.
Chelsea fans rejoiced after academy star Alfie Gilchrist scored his first goal for the club
Gilchrist completed Chelsea's 6-0 thrashing of Everton by scoring the final goal of the game
The 20-year-old Blues academy star was mobbed by his team-mates after scoring against Everton
Chants of 'he's one of our own' boomed around Stamford Bridge as Mauricio Pochettino's side wrapped up their most impressive performance of what has been a difficult season.
Similar praise flooded social media as Chelsea supporters revelled in their side's six-goal win that moves them up to ninth in the Premier League table and just three points behind Manchester United.
One delighted supporter, posting on X, said: 'This celebration from Alfie Gilchrist could actually make me cry… he’s just done what every one of us Chelsea fans has dreamed of doing.'
Another added: 'Alfie Gilchrist first goal for Chelsea. Cobham has done it again' alongside a picture of a childhood Gilchrist posing with legendary striker Didier Drogba.
A third comment read: 'Alfie Gilchrist can’t actually believe he’s just scored. He’s just walked back to our half and he’s watching his goal on the big screen.'
'Alfie Gilchrist scoring his first goal for Chelsea has made my day! GET INNNNN! This is what dreams are made of,' added another Blues fan.
Meanwhile, Jamie Carragher led further praise while analysing Gilchrist's 90th-minute strike, telling Sky Sports: 'It was great to see when you see a local player. You could see how happy he was and it looked like when he was celebrating he was looking for his family in the stands so he could celebrate with them.
'He just showed that calmness, had to wait for the ball and make the right contact.
'You just see the way he waits even though it feels like an open goal. You see the celebration and he wanted to be in the crowd didn't he.
'That's a moment he will never forget. It's great for him,' he added.
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