Everton 1-2 Chelsea

Last action hero wins the day

December 30, 2012
By Richard Jolly, Goodison Park
(Archive)
Maybe Hollywood beckons for Frank Lampard, like David Beckham before him, but in the meantime, he is Chelsea's equivalent of the silver screen's ageing action heroes. Older and slower he may be, but he retains the skills, the instincts and the calmness under pressure that enabled him to shoot to prominence. Twice legs in their 35th year took him to the edge of the six-yard box; twice Lampard found the net. Everton's long unbeaten run at Goodison Park was over.

The Chelsea pensioner remains ...

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