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CHRIS MARTIN CHIPS IN WITH A VITAL GOAL FOR DERBY
respectively.
Deulofeu opened the scoring
against Celtic, latching
on to an exquisite Romelu
Lukaku chip before coolly slotting the ball home.
Lukaku then added to the
goal he notched against
Zenit with the second
against the Scots, before
Leighton Baines rifled a
stunning effort into the
top corner.
Griffiths then scored
from a set-piece situation once more, with Tim
Howard left to flap in vain
at a free kick that nestled
into the top left, but a
delicious passing move
ended with Deulofeu
slipping a pass through
to Kevin Mirallas, and
the Belgian opened his
body and curled home a
neat fourth.
The usual suspects
combined to put Anderlecht in their place after
a fifth minute penalty
had given the Belgians
a shock lead. Mirallas
equalised, before Aaron
Lennon ran from the half
way line and powered
home a second for the
Toffees.
Deulofeu added a
third just 53 seconds into
the second half, before
Mirallas and Lukaku
both scored to wrap up
proceedings.
For Robin and Leicester, the thrill of an excellent 5-2 victory over
Celtic in the opening
game was somewhat
quashed by 0-0 and
1-1 stalemates against
Anderlecht and LA Galaxy respectively. Jamie
Vardy racked up a hattrick against Celtic, with
Riyad Mahrez scoring
before celebrating by
removing his own spine
(see the photo on the opposite page).
Leonardo Ulloa can-
celled out a stunning 30yard effort by Giovanni
dos Santos to secure
the draw with Galaxy,
while in Leicester’s game
with Anderlecht, absolutely nothing happened.
Nothing. It was the first
time in gaming history
that a crowd in a sports
game sat down, or went
to get a hot drink.
Now I’m not conjecturing that switching
difficulty to Semi-Professional after the Celtic
win affected Robin’s performance a bit, but… I’m
stating it. That was definitely it.
Sian will be sure to
follow in his tracks next
month, with Derby cantering to the lead in the
league, but can Ed and
Everton produce world
class displays to match
the difficulty they clearly
need to be playing at?
See you all next month…
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