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Frank Lampard has praised Marcus Rashford’s “fantastic” campaign against child poverty, while Jurgen Klopp says it is “absolutely incredible” what the Manchester United striker has accomplished.
Rashford has been urging the government to continue its free school meals program during the upcoming school holidays, and has already successfully forced them to extend the plan over the summer.
The 22-year-old’s campaign was proposed for a vote in Parliament by Labor, but was rejected. However, an increasing number of boards and companies are committing to Rashford’s proposals.
Lampard has been watching Rashford’s work from afar and, before Chelsea’s trip to United on Saturday, live on Sky Sports Premier League, said: “It has been great to see young players with personality, with a voice, speaking up that I care passionately. I absolutely congratulate him on that.
“There is a group of players now in the Premier League, regardless of age or what team you play for, who are speaking the right way. It has been fantastic and he deserves credit for it.”
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Jurgen Klopp also expressed his admiration for Rashford, but joked that it was “difficult” for him to praise the striker due to the rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester United.
“I’m not sure I can come up with better words than much smarter people have said, but what Marcus has started there is absolutely amazing, it’s so nice,” Klopp said.
And with all the rivalry between the clubs, right now we are as footballers and as human beings always united.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp says Rashford is a ‘role model’ and has praised him for his ‘absolutely incredible’ campaign
“It’s nice to show in an age when obviously many people who are really in charge of something and show no signs of proper leadership, that a child grown up under difficult circumstances and blessed with sensational talent obviously never forgot his roots and where it comes from, it has to.
“It’s a bit embarrassing that he has to do it, but it’s also wonderful. I hope his mother is really proud of him. I don’t know him, but even I’m proud of him.
“And he plays for United, which makes it really tough! I’ve heard about the Liverpool-Manchester United (rivalry) years and years ago.”
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“But yes, that shows that football can be really wonderful at times and shows that the subject is really very serious and that is why everyone puts rivalry aside and thinks about the most important things in life.”
“So I’m very happy that Liverpool can show this solidarity right now. Now they are a role model for that and it’s really cool and it won’t distract them from their football stuff.”
Lampard ‘understands Ole’s pressure’
Chelsea’s game at United on Saturday will see Lampard take on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer for the fifth time since he became Chelsea’s manager in the summer of 2019, with both coaches looking to help their teams close the gap with Liverpool and Manchester City at the top of the rankings. Hierarchy of the Premier League.
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Solskjaer has faced speculation about his future on several occasions since he replaced José Mourinho in December 2018, and Lampard says he understands the pressure on his counterpart’s shoulders.
He said: “I have a good relationship with him. When we play against them we are very cordial, we shake hands and wish each other the best, and I think we both mean it.”
“I know Michael Carrick [United coach] Very good from my days as a player, so I have a very good relationship with him.
“Every Premier League coach will have their own problems, their own history, their own problems. So I don’t draw a line between Ole and me. He has his team, I have mine.
“I understand the pressures of managing a club of the size that we manage and I fully respect that.”
Have Solskjaer and Lampard made progress?
A lot has happened since the corresponding game the first weekend of last season. From the coronavirus to the cup finals, major transfers and minor crises, winning races and regrettable losses, this has been an extraordinary moment in the world of football for Manchester United and Chelsea, and beyond.
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But 14 months after Frank Lampard’s harsh introduction to life as a Premier League manager with a 4-0 loss to Manchester United, not much has changed for the Chelsea manager or his Old Trafford counterpart. The same issues still need to be addressed.
Lampard’s team had more possession that afternoon and more shots. But their efforts were undermined by individual mistakes. United may have been outscored in open play, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side was ruthless on the counterattack. Chelsea was removed.
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