Jordan Henderson believes that Xabi Alonso’s vision for Chelsea is “beginning to take shape”.

The Blues were 2-0 winners at Everton on Saturday as a brace from Pedro Neto lifted them up to fourth in the Premier League table.

Henderson has been a key figure in Chelsea's midfield alongside Moises Caicedo over the last two matches, scoring twice and also registering an assist in the 5-1 win at home to Bournemouth.

Chelsea kept their first clean sheet in the league for nine months against Everton and will be looking for a third win on the bounce when they host London rivals Tottenham at Stamford Bridge next weekend.

Togetherness: Jordan Henderson is enjoying working under Xabi Alonso at Chelsea

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Henderson, who joined Chelsea on a free transfer in the summer after leaving Brentford, said: “It is an absolute privilege and honour to be playing with some of the players in this team.

“I'm just enjoying it, working with them every day and playing with them out on the pitch. There's some top quality, top talent, here, and I really feel like the team's beginning to take shape in terms of the togetherness and everything.”

Henderson, 36, added: “There's been a lot of new change in the summer – new coaching staff and players coming in – but I really feel that the togetherness is coming, not only in training during the week on the field, off the field as well.

“That's going to be important for us going forward and I'm loving every second of it.

“I know we've still got a lot to improve on as a team, but I feel as though in the last couple of weeks we're going in the right direction.

“So, we'll go back to the training ground and keep working hard for the next game.”