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Lampard faces reality check over
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“It’s the stuff of dreams,” Frank
Lampard said after his first game as
Chelsea head coach at Stamford
Bridge. “But I am here to win.” And
it is now three games without a vic-
tory for Lampard and the harsh
reality is that against an impressive
Leicester City they were not good
enough; they were not the stuff of
dreams.
“We need to be tougher and have
game management,” he added, and
after a “first patch” of 25 minutes in
which they were dominant they
were left hanging on in front of
their own fans with Lampard also
acknowledging the exasperation.
“If there were frustrations in the
crowd there were frustrations on
the bench and in the team. We want
to do well,” he argued. “There are
some tough elements to this year.”
It could, certainly, be a testing
season at Chelsea but certainly not
a dull one. There will not be many
goalless draws with Lampard com-
mitted to attack as well as youth but
they will have to find the formula to
see through games such as this and
against sides such as Leicester who,
not unreasonably, eye them as
catchable this campaign.
Right now Lampard is even open
to the accusation of being a naive
manager while there was a sign of
the pressure he is feeling when he
cited the Fifa transfer ban.
On this evidence Leicester and
Brendan Rodgers have every right
to feel optimistic with James Mad-
dison creating chance after chance
but spurning the best of all – skying
a shot high over the bar – as a carni-
val atmosphere was transformed
into something far more fraught.
“We should have won it,” Rodg-
ers said – and that was not a boast.
Chelsea have a point from their
opening two league games after
losing 4-0 at
Manchester
United. They
were sand-
wiched by the
taxing Uefa Su-
per Cup in Istan-
bul which went
to extra time
and penalties
and evidently
took some-
thing out of
them, as it
had Liver-
pool, as
they strug-
gled long before the end.
“It’s a results business,
clearly,” Lampard added.
“It’s strange because the
performance against Man-
chester United made me
happier than today’s and cer-
tainly that against Liverpool. But
we need both.”
And quickly, just to appease any
concern even if – and this is Chelsea
after all – they surely have to give
him as much time as possible and
share the belief that he has in young
players such as Mason Mount.
It felt like the 20-year-old would
be the story. “Welcome home Su-
per Frank” read the huge banner
that was passed along the Shed End
prior to kick-off and it was appro-
priate that Mount, a goalscoring
midfielder, made his mark in his
full Premier League debut for the
club he first trained with aged just
six and came through the academy.
Lampard has faith in Mount in a
way none of his predecessors in the
Roman Abramovich years has en-
couraged youth and there was an
early dividend when he was sharp
to pounce, dispossessing Wilfred
Ndidi as he dawdled with the ball
on the edge of his own penalty area.
Mount took it off him and got a
low shot off, across KasperReferee not
R
eferee Graham Scott’s
failure to make it to
Stamford Bridge in
time to officiate in
Chelsea’s draw with
Leicester City
yesterday was an embarrassing
episode. The reason for his delay
was not clear last night, although
there were reports that he was
caught up in traffic following anCaglar Soyuncu, at the heart of
Leicester’s defence, proving to be a
sound Harry Maguire replacement
and when Maddison had the chance
to score, 10 yards out, he steadied
himself before firing over.
It did not faze the midfielder,
who sent Vardy clear with a clever
reverse pass only for the striker to
shoot across goal before Kepa beat
out a fierce drive by Youri Tiele-
mans. The final whistle came as a
relief to Chelsea.
“The first patch was how we
want to play and the rest of the
game was not quite how we want to
play,” Lampard reasoned. “We were
not good enough in possession... It
[the reception] felt great. Obviously
it was a special moment for me. It’s
the stuff of dreams and the fans
were great and I appreciate that but
I am here to win for the club and we
can do better than we did.”
Having spent 13 years at Chelsea
Lampard knows, whatever the
goodwill towards him, his team
have to do better.Jason Burt
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ridgeMixed blessings: Home hero
Frank Lampard has work to do
Schmeichel and into the corner of
the net, before being tackled.
Lampard turned and punched
the air three times in celebration.
Mount became the first English
player to score for Chelsea under
an English manager since Dennis
Wise against Blackburn under
Glenn Hoddle in 1996 and it
capped a fast and furious
start. After 40 seconds Pedro
had volleyed into the side-
netting from Oliver Gir-
oud’s chested pass.
After 100 seconds
Schmeichel was
forced into a
double save as
he denied
Mount and
then prevented
Christian Puli-
sic from strik-
ing with the
follow-up.
After seven
minutes they
scored and there
was another
chance, a low
shot by N’Golo
Kante deflected
wide by Christian
Fuchs. But afterwhat Rodgers acknowledged had
been a “tough start” with the
crowd’s reaction “feeding into the
players”, the momentum switched
dramatically in the second half
when Maddison got closer to Jamie
Vardy and Chelsea struggled.
Maddison dominated and this is
where, maybe, using Kante in an
advanced midfield position was not
working for Chelsea with Jorginho
unable to snuff out the danger.
There were warning signs and then
a goal and redemption for Ndidi.
It came as Fuchs, who had a
storming second half from left-back
with Ben Chilwell injured, surged
forward and won a corner which
Maddison took.
Ndidi rose easily between Cesar
Azpilicueta and Kurt Zouma to
plant a header into the net. What
would be Chelsea’s response?
Lampard made changes but they
wilted even more with the lack of a
focus to their attack again causing
problems. The ball was coming
back at them too quickly withFormer
England
defender
Ashley Cole is
planning a
move into
coaching after
calling time
on his
illustrious
playing
career.
Cole won 13
major titles in
a 20-year
career,
including the
Champions
League and
three Premier
League titles.
The 38-year-
old, who won107 England
caps,
announced
his retirement
on TV
yesterday.
“After hard
thinking, it
was time to
hang my boots
up and look
towards my
next chapter,
which will
hopefully be
coaching. I’m
doing a course
at the
moment,” Cole
said. “Now I
want to be
great at being
a coach.”End of era Cole retires
We should have won it, Rodg
ers said – and that was not a boast.
Chelsea have a point from their
opening two league games afterer
losing 4-0 at
Manchester
United. They
were sand-
wiched by the
taxing Uefa Su-
per Cup in Istan-
bul which went
to extra time
and penalties
and evidently y
took some-
thing out of
them, as it
had Liver-
pool, as
they strug-
gled long before the end.
“It’s a results business,
clearly,” Lampard added.
“It’s strange because the
performance against Man-
chester United made me
happier than today’s and cer-
Mixed blessings: Home hero
Frank Lampard has work to do
the air three times in celebration.
Mount became the first English
player to score for Chelsea under
an English manager since Dennis
WiWse against Blackburn under
Glenn Hoddle in 1996 and it
capped a fast and furious
start. After 4 0 seconds Pedro
hahd volleyed into the side-
netting from Oliver Gir-
oud’s chested pass.
After 1 00 seconds
ScShmeichel was
forced into a
double save as
he denied
Mount and
then prevented
Christian Puli-
sic from strik-
ing with the
follow-up.
After seven
minutes they
scored and there
was another
chance, a low
shot by N’Golo
Kante deflected
wide by Christian
Fuchs. But after8 ** Monday 19 August 2019 The Daily Telegraph
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