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Chelsea fans insist 'this is what dreams are made of' as Alfie Gilchrist scores first goal for the club in Everton thrashing

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.