Frank Lampard admitted his surprise that Leeds United manager Marcelo Bielsa received a Fifa Fair Play Award this week after the pair were involved in the “Spygate” dispute last season. Chelsea manager Lampard, who is busy preparing for their match against Brighton, was in charge at Derby County when a Leeds staff member was caught watching Lampard’s training session. Fifa’s award was because Leeds allowed opponents Aston Villa to score after Bielsa’s team scored a controversial goal. It got dealt with in the right way so when you go and give an award for fair play in the same year, then I don’t think it’s right,” Lampard said. “To get a fair play award off the back of that, I thought it was irony at first.

Source: Express September 27, 2019 18:45 UTC