Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior says striker Joao Pedro belongs in the same "category" as worldu2011class forwards Erling Haaland, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe.
The 24u2011yearu2011old Brazil international scored a hatu2011trick in Wednesday's 4-1 win at Aston Villa, taking his tally to 17 goals in all competitions this season.
None of his 14 Premier League goals this season have come from the penalty spot and only Haaland, with 19, has scored more nonu2011penalty goals in England's top flight this season, while across Europe's top five leagues Kane leads the way on that basis with 20 for Bayern Munich, and Mbappe has 15 for Real Madrid.