Papers: Chelsea in crisis
Jose Hell
Jose Mourinho is facing an injury crisis which threatens to wreck
Chelsea's start to the season. John Terry - who missed the
Community Shield defeat - is out for four weeks with a knee injury,
while Didier Drogba is set to miss next Sunday's Premiership opener
against Birmingham with the same problem. Wayne Bridge, Andrei
Shevchenko, Michael Ballack, Paolo Ferreira, Salomon Kalou and
Claude Makelele were also absentees from yesterday's game.
Darren Lewis, Daily Mirror
Van der Star
Sir Alex Ferguson hailed Edwin van der Sar after the keepers
Community Shield heroics for Manchester United. Dutch star Van der
Sar, 36, saved Chelseas first three penalties in a dramatic
Wembley shootout. Reds boss Fergie said: He knew the penalties
were coming and prepared himself. Hes studied players like Frank
Lampard taking penalties and that experience has got us the
result.
Ian McGarry, The Sun
The Mirror also claims that Sir Alex mocked Chelsea's pragmatic
approach under Jose Mourinho before Sunday's Community Shield,
saying: "You can play chess for 10 hours, but then what?"
The Daily Star looks at the personal rivalry between Wayne Rooney
and Tal Ben Haim and says this season "there is clearly more to
come in this X-certificate saga". Sounds interesting.
The Sun says Liverpool transfer target Gabriel Heinze is due back
in training at Carrington today. The same paper reveals that Owen
Hargreaves would have played the full game against Peterborough on
Saturday, instead of as a half-time substitute, if he hadn't been
held up in traffic. The midfielder is, however, now hopeful of
being fit to face Reading on Sunday.
