{"id":14,"date":"2019-03-01T09:49:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T09:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/2019\/03\/01\/the-best-young-defender-in-europe-fans-heap-praise-on-chelsea-starlet-fikayo-tomori-after-impressive-showing-for-derby-county-against-southampton\/"},"modified":"2019-03-01T09:49:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T09:49:15","slug":"the-best-young-defender-in-europe-fans-heap-praise-on-chelsea-starlet-fikayo-tomori-after-impressive-showing-for-derby-county-against-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=14","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The best young defender in Europe&#8217; &#8211; Fans heap praise on Chelsea starlet Fikayo Tomori after impressive showing for Derby County against Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fikayo Tomori was heralded as &#8216;the best young defender in Europe&#8217; by fans who watched Derby County&#8217;s clash with Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams progressed to the next round of the FA Cup after a thrilling 2-2 draw was settled by penalties at St Mary&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>The centre-half, who is on loan with the Rams from Chelsea, showcased his incredible physical attributes as well as great intelligence on and off the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Blessed with enough blistering pace to deal with Shane Long, Tomori regularly swept up at the back for Frank Lampard&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who has watched Derby this season will know the 21-year-old is one of a number loan stars impressing at Pride Park this season.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool youngster Harry Wilson is also making headlines, while fellow Blue Mason Mount is showcasing his skills in midfield across the country.<\/p>\n<p>But it was Tomori who impressed the most on Wednesday night, as these fans will happily attest.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the best Tweets below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fikayo Tomori was heralded as &#8216;the best young defender in Europe&#8217; by fans who watched Derby County&#8217;s clash with Southampton. The Rams progressed to the next round of the FA Cup after a thrilling 2-2 draw was settled by penalties at St Mary&#8217;s. The centre-half, who is on loan with the Rams from Chelsea, showcased&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}