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Chelsea great Lampard: Leeds boss Bielsa the making of Phillips

Chelsea great Frank Lampard has been impressed by Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips' Euro 2020 campaign with England.

Phillips has started every game of the tournament with the Three Lions yet to concede a goal with him and Rice playing in front of the defence.

And speaking ahead of England's quarter-final against Ukraine in Rome, Lampard said the pair are an example to young midfielders everywhere.

After watching a montage of the pair shutting Germany out, the Chelsea legend said: "You can always improve but you could take those clips Rio's shown there and tell any young midfield player 'if you're playing in a two, this is how you do it'.

“Because there's a lot of unselfish work that maybe you don't see. There's a lot of miles in there.

"Phillips must be so thankful to Bielsa for what he's done to him at Leeds.

"He's turned into this machine who can play as a No6 with discipline, he can play higher up the pitch and it's not a problem for him.

"And Rice is pretty similar and they're both comfortable on the ball."

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