Frank Lampard grew to become the primary English supervisor to lose 10 successive video games answerable for a top-flight membership for 35 years on Tuesday as his Chelsea facet succumbed 3-1 at Arsenal.
Chelsea’s all-time main goalscorer has misplaced all six of his matches since returning to change into interim supervisor within the wake of Graham Potter’s sacking.
Having additionally misplaced his final 4 video games answerable for Everton he has now matched the sequence Arthur Cox endured as Derby County supervisor in 1988, albeit with two completely different golf equipment.
Lampard couldn’t have envisaged such a run when he returned to Stamford Bridge for a second stint in cost, having been sacked in January 2021.
He appeared aghast on the touchline as Arsenal took benefit of Chelsea’s flimsy defending to go 3-0 up after 34 minutes.
While the second half was marginally higher, the dimensions of the job Chelsea’s subsequent everlasting supervisor faces was spelt out by Lampard in his post-match evaluation.
“From what this season tells you, from start to finish, we have to find the reasons quickly,” he stated.
“It’s not an overnight fix. The main answer is simple. We have to do the basics better and then we’ll get some progress.
“It’s clear tonight for me. The first half is nowhere near good enough. But it’s the reality. It’s what I’ve come into.”
It is straightforward to really feel some sympathy for 44-year-old Lampard who has now gained solely one in all his final 20 video games as a supervisor.
Too lots of Chelsea’s expensively-assembled squad are under-performing and followers are brazenly questioning the dedication of a few of them — a criticism refuted by Lampard.
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“The players care, trust me. Chelsea fans may talk about players not caring but I don’t believe it,” he added.
“The lads want to do well but have to understand what that means every day, from training on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. How you prepare, maintain yourself.
“There can be a lot of reasons and some are very valid – players coming into the Premier League into a team that is having a difficult moment, it is not easy, this is the hardest league in the world.
“But there are some things that are the basics, they have to be better.”
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com