Abraham had failed to score in his three previous appearances this term, but the 21-year-old striker bagged his first goal for the club to put Chelsea ahead in the sunshine at Carrow Road.
However, Norwich were brought crashing back down to earth very quickly by an impressive Liverpool outfit on the opening day of the new Premier League season and The Reds showed very little mercy towards the newcomers as they dealt Norwich a heavy 4-1 loss at Anfield.
Tammy Abraham, Giroud and Michy Batshuayi are Chelsea's three strikers for the campaign, with the club unable to add any recruits given their Federation Internationale de Football Association transfer ban. That comes from work on the training ground.
Mason Mount of Chelsea celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the Premier League match between Norwich City and Chelsea FC at Carrow Road on August 24, 2019 in Norwich, United Kingdom.
And after that shared experience with one of his Chelsea heroes, can we expect to see a similar celebration with a ball-kid when Hudson-Odoi next gets on the scoresheet?
Koepka leads at East Lake as stars get some separation
McIlroy capped his 67 with back-to-back birdies, including a bravura finish at 18 where he was in the trees off the tee. Former world number one McIlroy and four-time major champion Koepka are tied for second and lurking at 11 under.
If Frank Lampard thought at any stage that he was going to get an easy first three points as Chelsea manager against Norwich on Saturday, he got a rather unpleasant surprise.
However, the midfielder suffered an unfortunate injury against Norwich City which forced him off in stoppage-time. Lampard had gone three games without a win in all competitions since he took over as Chelsea manager, but the Blues legend finally got off the mark thanks to his faith in Abraham.
Chelsea's travelling support revelled in the fact their goals came from two players who have come up through the ranks at Stamford Bridge. He worked hard and that's exactly what the game was for. [Mateo] Kovacic found me with a good pass. "It was a close game with small details making the difference".
Pedro missed training earlier in the week but was rested after a hectic fixture schedule and is expected to be fit to take on the Canaries on Saturday. "That's the only changes from where we were last week".
"He's trained the last two days".
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