Mason Mount’s celebration after Liverpool goal was inspired by Kurt Zouma’s love for anime cartoons 

Mason Mount says Chelsea team-mate Kurt Zouma was the inspiration behind his goal celebration against Liverpool. 

The England star scored brilliantly when he cut inside to fire a low shot past Liverpool keeper Alisson, as Chelsea took a valuable three points in the hunt for the Champions League places. 

Chelsea’s first league win at Anfield since 2014 moved them up to fourth in the standings and are unbeaten in 10 games since Thomas Tuchel replaced Frank Lampard.

Mason Mount scored a brilliant winner for Chelsea who took three points against Liverpool

Mount joined Ben Chilwell for a choreographed celebration after his match-winning goal

The Chelsea star said Kurt Zouma’s love of anime cartoons was the inspiration behind it 

After scoring past Liverpool, he joined Chelsea team-mate Ben Chilwell for a Dragonball Z style choreographed celebration.

Mount explained that their celebration was inspired by Zouma’s love for anime cartoons. 

The 22-year-old told the club’s official website: ‘Me and Chilly always sit together behind Zouma on the plane when we travel away for the Champions League and stuff.

‘He’s always watching cartoons like anime so we usually watch from behind and laugh at him.

‘We said if one of us scored, we’d do it so that was the reason behind it and obviously it’s one for Kurt as well.’ 

After the match Mount posted a tweet of his celebration with added special effects putting the caption: ‘Kamehameha! Up the Chels.’

Team-mate Chilwell also tweeted the picture saying: ‘Hadouken – let’s go boys.’

Their celebration was based off the popular anime series Dragon Ball Z and its main character Goku’s iconic attack.  

Mount said that Zouma watches anime cartoons on the plane on Champions League trips 

The victory gives Chelsea a four-point gap on Liverpool, though Everton and West Ham are directly behind the Blues and both with a game in hand.

Chelsea are in great form in the league though, having not lost since their 2-0 defeat against Leicester on January 17. 

Mount said: ‘We’re not content to be in and around the top four – we want to secure our place in those positions and to be right up there.

‘We need to keep working. We’re on a good run but we need to go into every game confident and hopefully that will help us secure a good position.’