Lampard Strikes Back Against Chelsea F.C.; Manchester United’s Defense Sags
Frank Lampard scored a late equalizer against his former club Chelsea
to earn 10-man Manchester City a 1-1 draw on Sunday in England’s
Premier League and end visiting Chelsea’s winning start to the season.
Lampard,
a midfielder released by Chelsea this summer after he scored a
club-record 211 goals in 13 years at Stamford Bridge, refused to
celebrate after his side-footed shot deflected in off John Terry in the
85th minute.
“I’m a bit lost for words — I didn’t expect to score like that,” Lampard said. “I’m a bit stuck in the middle.”
He was applauded before and after the game by Chelsea’s traveling fans.
Manchester United,
which has won just one league game so far under the new manager Louis
van Gaal, led, 3-1, before newly promoted Leicester City scored four
times in 20 minutes to secure a stunning 5-3 win.
Robin
van Persie, Ángel Di Maria and Ander Herrera all scored to illustrate
visiting United’s attacking verve, but van Gaal has deep concerns over
the balance of his team.
“We have too many players who want to seek for the goal,” he said.
West
Bromwich Albion beat the host Tottenham Spurs, 1-0, to climb off the
bottom of the standings, and Crystal Palace also grabbed a first win of
the season, defeating Everton, 3-2.
BARCELONA CRUISES Lionel
Messi shrugged off a missed penalty and another injury to Neymar by
scoring one goal and setting up two more to lead Barcelona to a 5-0 rout
at 10-man Levante as it stayed atop the Spanish league.
Messi
has played a direct part in nine of Barcelona’s 12 goals in its five
wins across all competitions, scoring three and assisting on six more.
Barcelona’s fourth win in four rounds left it 2 points ahead of undefeated Sevilla, which beat host Córdoba, 3-1.
Elsewhere,
host Villarreal roared back from a two-goal deficit to rout Rayo
Vallecano, 4-2, while Almería hung on for a wild 2-1 win at Real
Sociedad to claim its first victory of the season after having both a
player and its coach sent off.
ROMA CATCHES JUVENTUS Alessandro
Florenzi set up one goal and then scored another as host Roma pulled
level with Juventus atop the Italian league with a 2-0 win over
Cagliari.
After
beating Sassuolo by 7-0 last weekend, Inter Milan was held to a 1-1
draw at Palermo. Udinese edged visiting Napoli, 1-0, with a goal from
Danilo midway through the second half. Also, Fiorentina won, 1-0, at
Atalanta, while Parma beat Chievo Verona, 3-2.
WOLFSBURG NOTCHES FIRST WIN
Ricardo Rodriguez scored two goals and set up another as host Wolfsburg
defeated 10-man Bayer Leverkusen, 4-1, in the Bundesliga for its first
win.
Cologne and visiting Borussia Mönchengladbach played out a 0-0 draw.
P.S.G. SLIPS
Paris St.-Germain, the French league’s defending champion, extended its
poor start with a 1-1 draw at home with Lyon. It was P.S.G.’s fourth
draw in six matches, dropping it to 3 points behind Marseille, the
league leader.
Midfielder
Fabien Lemoine scored a late winner as Saint-Étienne won, 1-0, at Lens.
Earlier, Lille failed to break Montpellier’s defense in a 0-0 draw. And
Monaco climbed away from the relegation zone after a scrappy 1-0 home
win against Guingamp.
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