Daily Mirror - 04.03.2020

(^50) DAILY MIRROR WEDNESDAY 04.03.2020
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DEAL ME IN Holgate has
signed a five-year deal
By ChrIs McKENNA
MASON HOLGATE has
signed a new five-year
contract at Everton
following interest from
Manchester City.
The 23-year-old defender
has become an important
part of Carlo Ancelotti’s
first team since the Italian
took over in December and
the new deal ties him to the
club until June 2025.
Holgate said: “This is my
fifth year at Everton and
my development as a
person and a player in that
period has been massive.
“The direction the club is
going, it is a great club to
be at and I am really
excited about it.
“We want to move to the
next step and push for
bigger and better things.
“I want to win things –
and winning some
silverware is where I see
us.” Holgate joined the
from Barnsley in 2015 and
has made 74 first-team
appearances since his
debut against Tottenham in
August 2016.
He spent last season on
loan at West Brom before
returning in the summer
and has become yerry
Mina’s central defensive
partner ahead of England’s
Michael Keane.
Holgate is
tied up to
stop City
By ChrIs McKENNA
EVERTON boss Carlo
Ancelotti is forcing his staff
to learn English to help the
Toffees progress.
The Italian brought in six
staff when he replaced
Marco Silva in December.
They include his
son Davide,
fitness coach
Francesco
Mauri, video
analyst
Simeone
Montanaro and
head of performance Mino
Fulco.
They have teamed up
with Duncan Ferguson, who
became interim boss when
Silva was sacked, and
Ancelotti (above) said: “Just
a few staff are not speaking
English properly but I force
them to learn English.”
‘English is
only way’
CHELSEA 2 LIVERPOOL 0
Willian 13, Barkley 64

bless

this

scouse

Lampard banks

on Barkley and

Evertonian fires

a cracker to

knock out Reds

Barkley hammers

home the second as

Chelsea close in on a

big victory

last night

ROSS SHOWS

WHO’S BOSS

NOT for the first time, Ross

Barkley was getting a bit of

stick from his fellow

Scousers.

It has happened to him

before and will happen to him

again.

But never has he answered

his red tormentors in such a

spectacular and emphatic

fashion.

And the chances are he will

never do so again.

The goal that rubber-

stamped Chelsea’s progression

to the quarter-finals was the

goal those who have watched

Barkley since he was a kid at

Everton know is in his armoury.

That it is not the type rolled

out more often is down to an

array of factors, probably not all

of them confined to his on-the-

Premier League start any time

soon.

On this showing, he must

have more than a squeak.

What was particularly

captivating about the 18-year-

old’s performance was not just

the crispness of thought and

deed but the way in which he

was confident enough to direct

team-mates.

Gilmour is one for the future,

that is for sure, just as Neco

Williams is.

In his gait, in his passing, in

his attacking commitment,

Williams could hardly be more

Trent Alexander-Arnold.

But his was very much the

base of a steep learning curve

for the Liverpool right-back,

who was not helped by a lack of

urgency among midfielders

designated to cover for his

attacking forays.

The amount of space Pedro

mark two on 13 minutes

bamboozled him.

It was struck fiercely, that is

for sure, but it still should have

been dealt with rather than

shovelled into his own net.

At the other end, Chelsea

boss Frank Lampard was also

fielding his number two No.1, a

£71.5million reserve.

But Kepa Arrizabalaga at

least looked worth a portion of

that fee when making a

marvellous triple save in the

first half.

He may have made a few

ricks and has perhaps been a

managerial handful but the

Spaniard is a better goalkeeper

than Willy Caballero – simple

as that.

It will certainly be interesting

to see if Lampard recalls

Caballero for Premier League

duty. Just as it will be fascinating

to see if Billy Gilmour gets a

hardly been exhaustive this

season.

Fielding the reserve guy just

feels like a thank you – gratitude

that was not returned by

Adrian.

He had actually kept out a

Willian howitzer before a rocket

field development. But to use

the common phraseology, he

has the 50-yard run and

thumping finish in his locker.

And when he produced it in

the second half to see off

Liverpool, it was also a

reminder that, amidst the

emergence of so many younger,

talented English midfielders,

Barkley remains a rough

diamond.

While his stunning effort

officially condemned Liverpool

to a second straight defeat,

there was an element of own

foot-shooting in another

reverse for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

Rotating goalkeepers has

always been a slightly

unfathomable practice,

designed only to keep the

warm-up guys sweet.

It is not as though any

g oalkeeper needs a physical rest

and Alisson’s workload has

By ANDY DUNN

Chief Sports Writer

@andydunnmirror

CHELSEA: Kepa 7, Azpilicueta 6,

Rudiger 6, Zouma 7, Alonso 6,

Gilmour 8, Kovacic (Mount 42, 6)

6, Barkley 9, Willian (Jorginho 50,

6) 7, Pedro 7, Giroud 6 (James 90).

LIVERPOOL: Adrian 5, Williams 5,

Van Dijk 6, Gomez 6, Robertson 6,

Fabinho 6, Lallana 6 (Salah 80),

Jones (Milner 70, 6) 6, Minamino

5, Mane 7, Origi 6 (Firmino 70, 6).

REF: Chris Kavanagh AT T: 40,103

match stats

42% possEssIoN^ 58%

7 shots oN tArgEt^5

6 shots off tArgEt^8

4 CorNErs^10

3 offsIDE^2

12 foULs^13

0 0 CArDs^3 0