Daily Mirror - 19.08.2019

(^48) DAILY MIRROR MONDAY 19.08.2019
DM1ST
Babar 3 Chris Froome; 2 Ivory Coast; 1
Hibernian; 4 Azam;
Three. 5
QUICK QUIZ
ANSWERS
1 What national
team does
Arsenal forward
Nicolas Pepe play for?
2 Who won the 2017 Tour de
France?
3 Who is the world’s top-ranked
T20I batsman?
4 Which Scottish club play their
home games at Easter Road?
5 How many times have France
reached the Rugby World Cup final?
SID GOING (76) –
legendary New
Zealand scrum-
half, who won 29 caps between 1967
and 1977.
MARCO MATERAZZI (46) – former
Everton and Inter Milan defender, who
won the World Cup with Italy in 2006.
NAFI THIAM (25) – Belgium’s Olympic
heptathlon champion, who beat
Jessica Ennis-Hill to gold at Rio 2016.
BIRTHDAYS
1953: England recaptured the Ashes
at the Oval after a gap of 19 years.
Denis Compton hit the decisive stroke
in an eight-wicket victory in the fifth
and final Test, after four draws.
1999: Nineteen-year-old Robbie
Keane became the then most
expensive teenager in British football,
completing a £6million move from
Wolves to Coventry.
2001: Ferrari’s Michael Schumacher
was crowned world champion for the
fourth time, after winning the
Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest.
2004: Leslie Law won individual
silver for Great Britain at the Olympic
three-day eventing competition in
Athens. He was later upgraded to gold
after Germany’s Bettina Hoy lost an
appeal against a 12-point penalty.
2008: At the Beijing Olympics, Chris
Hoy and Victoria Pendleton in cycling,
Christine Ohuruogu on the track and
Paul Goodison in the Laser class
sailing all won gold.
MIRROR SPORT revealed that
Chelsea were interested in signing
Vinnie Jones and Mark Hateley. The
Blues were keen to reinvest the
£2.2million they received from
Tottenham after the sale of striker
Gordon Durie. In the end they
snapped up midfield hard man Jones
from Sheffield United for £600,000.
But they missed out on England
target man Hateley, who decided to
stay put at Glasgow Rangers.
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RATINGS by JOHN CROSS
CHELSEA
Arrizabalaga
Good goal-line keeper
but distribution can let
him down.
Azpilicueta 6
Better at going forward
but got out-jumped on
Leicester equaliser.
Christensen
Composed and
confident in the heart
of Chelsea’s defence.
Zouma
Earned a big cheer for
some typical strong
defending. Good.
Emerson
Good energy. He has
made the left-back
slot his own.
Kante
Denied a certain goal
by Fuchs. Chelsea so
much better with him.
Jorginho
Booked. Brutal foul on
Tielemans. Quietly
effective otherwise.
Mount
MOTM. Outstanding
display by youngster.
Made a dream start.
Pedro
Is enjoying a
renaissance under
Lampard.
Pulisic
Another good display,
Chelsea’s big signing is
looking the part.
Giroud
Good link-up play but
does not look like
scoring.
6
7
7
6
7
6 7 7 8 7 6
SUBS: Abraham (Giroud 61)
6 , Kovacic (Jorginho 71) 6 ,
Willian (Pulisic 71) 6
LEICESTER
Schmeichel
Uncharacteristically
shaky early on before
some good saves.
Pereira
Busy and energetic
down the right side,
loves to get forward.
Evans
Solid, reliable and
defiant when pressure
was on Leicester.
Soyuncu
Big job to replace Harry
Maguire. Solid rather
than spectacular.
Fuchs
Heroic last-gasp
challenge to stop Kante
from scoring.
Ndidi
Mistake led to Mount’s
opener but made
amends with leveller.
Perez
Looked busy and tried
to get on the ball, grew
stronger.
Tielemans
Bullied first half but
came into his own after
the restart.
Choudhury
Offers good physical
presence, put his foot
in and worked hard.
Maddison
Really came alive after
break but missed a big
chance.
Vardy
His energy and tenacity
upset Chelsea’s
defence and keeper.
6
7
7
6
7
7 6 7 7 8 7
SUBS: Praet (Choudhury 72)
6 , Albrighton (Perez 80) 6
CHELSEA 1 LEICESTER 1

HOME

SWEAT

HOME

team’s display and said it

shows they can compete

with the Premier League’s

big guns.

Rodgers said: “It was a

tough start for us but I feel

as though we should have

won it. I thought a point

was the least we deserved.

I’m very proud of the team.

“We had no fear. We were

aggressive and were

exciting going forward. I

thought for us to come and

play with this confidence

was pleasing.”

FOXES SHOW NO FEAR

BRENDAN RODGERS

insists Leicester should

have won at Stamford

Bridge as his players

underlined their

European ambitions.

The Foxes boss (left)

was full of praise for his

Fans heralded Lampard’s

homecoming with flags...

by the end they were

relieved to escape the

match with a point as

Chelsea’s tough start continues

Lampard’s wait for a

win goes on, despite

a promising start at

Stamford Bridge

FACING

FRUSTRATION