Daily Mirror - 26.08.2019

26.08.2019 DAILY MIRROR

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WHY TEEMU IS BEAMING...

5 Teemu Pukki (Norwich, 53 mins per goal)

5 Raheem Sterling (Man C, 54 mins per goal)

4 Sergio Aguero (Man C, 44 mins per goal)

4 Ashley Barnes (Burnley, 63 mins per goal)

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TEEM PLAYER

TODD CANTWELL says

Teemu Pukki is underrated

and has more to his game

than just goals.

The Norwich striker set

up Cantwell for his first

Premier League goal, then

bagged his fifth of the

season in the 3-2 defeat by

Chelsea.

“There are lessons to

learn but we’re not far off,”

said midfielder Cantwell.

“We only need to make

some tweaks.

”It’s brilliant to play with

Teemu. He’s not just a

goalscoring striker, he

brings a lot more to the

team with his assists and

his workrate. He is

underrated in that

sense.

“I don’t think it’s

come as a

surprise to many

people down this

way, but the rest

of the league must

realise what a striker

we have. Hopefully he

can do it for the

rest of the

season.”

WINNER TAMMY A LOO-SER

FROM FRONT PAGE

Saturday’s 3-2 victory at Carrow

Road, while Mason Mount netted

his second in as many games. But

the striker failed to perform in the

post-match drugs test, needing two

hours to give a sample. It meant

Abraham had to join club staff in a

car back to London. But with

Gareth Southgate naming his squad

this week, Blues boss Frank

Lampard reckons it will not be long

before Abraham and Mount are

starring for England. He said: “If

they keep going, I’m sure they will

get that recognition.”

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT..
Mount shows his delight after putting
Chelsea 2-1 in front early on to help
earn Frank Lampard an important win

HIT & BLISS FOR BLUES

Mount fires home with an excellent

strike for Chelsea – the third goal in

the match after just 17 minutes

HIGH POINT

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the ball clear and

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COMING UP...

FACT ROOM...

NORWICH

Tues Crawley (a) ......... EFL Cup

Sat West Ham (a) ...............PL

Sept 14 Man City (h) .................PL

CHELSEA

Sat Sheff Utd (h) ................PL

Sept 14 Wolves (a) ....................PL

Sept 22 Liverpool (h) ................PL

THEY SAID IT...

I think 2-2 at half-time was the

right result. Then Chelsea were

dominating in the first 15 minutes

of the second half and that gave

them the edge.

DANIEL FARKE

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has

lost none of his three managerial

meetings with Norwich (W2 D1),

winning both of his visits to Carrow

Road (also 4-3 with Derby in

December 2018) – Mason Mount

has been on the scoresheet in

both such wins.

Norwich have scored at least twice

in 16 of their last 17 home league

games, bagging a total of 46 goals

in this period. However, this was

their first home league defeat of

2019 (P12 W8 D3 L1).

Both Norwich and Chelsea had

scored after just five minutes and

32 seconds, the earliest time

taken for both teams to find the

net in a Premier League fixture

since November 2017, when

Crystal Palace v Everton was at 1-1

after 5:25.

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NORWICH

Krul ................................................ 6

Aarons ........................................... 6

Hanley ........................................... 6

Godfrey .......................................... 6

Lewis ............................................. 6

Leitner ........................................... 6

Trybull ............................................ 6

Cantwell .........................................7

Stiepermann ................................. 6

Buendia ..........................................7

PUKKI ............................................. 8

SUBS

Srbeny (Leitner 81)

Vrancic (Trybull 81)

McLean (Stiepermann 81)

CHELSEA

Kepa .............................................. 6

Azpilicueta .....................................7

Christensen ................................... 6

Zouma ........................................... 6

Emerson ........................................ 6

Kovacic ........................................... 6

Jorginho ......................................... 6

Barkley .......................................... 5

Pulisic ............................................ 6

Abraham ........................................ 8

MOUNT ........................................... 9

SUBS

Giroud (Abraham 75) ......................7

Willian (Willian 83)

Alonso (Alonso 90)

STATS YOUR LOT...

46.7 POSSESSION 53.3

5 SHOTS ON TARGET 8

1 SHOTS OFF TARGET 5

0 OFFSIDES 0

1 CORNERS 8

9 FOULS 9

0 1 CARDS 1 0

MASON MOUNT

MAN OF THE MATCH

Referee

Martin Atkinson

Attendance

27,032

FRANK’S FLEDGLINGS

MASON MOUNT, MIDFIELDER, 20

Starred under Lampard in season at Derby as

a loanee. Full England debut surely imminent.

TAMMY ABRAHAM, STRIKER, 21

A senior England cap before he had scored

for Chelsea following loan spells at Aston

Villa, Swansea and Bristol City.

FIKAYO TOMORI, DEFENDER, 21

Canada-born England youth cap who played

on loan for Lampard at Derby last term – and

scored an own goal for Chelsea in the

Carabao Cup.

REECE JAMES, DEFENDER, 19

Set to be fast-tracked as Cesar Azpilicueta’s

deputy at right-back once he fully recovers

from ankle surgery.