Frank Lampard acquired off to a shedding begin on his return as interim Chelsea supervisor on Saturday with the Blues crushed 1-0 at Wolverhampton Wanderers and nonetheless toothless within the Premier League.
Matheus Nunes scored a thirty first minute screamer at Molineux, the Portugal midfielder hitting the ball on the volley from the sting of the field on the precise and previous Kepa Arrizabalaga into the far nook.
The victory took a few of the relegation warmth off Wolves supervisor Julen Lopetegui along with his facet, who had captain Ruben Neves serving a two-match suspension, transferring as much as twelfth and 4 factors away from the drop zone. Chelsea stayed eleventh, eight factors forward.
Chelsea nice Lampard’s appointment was introduced on Thursday after Graham Potter paid the value for a string of poor outcomes which left the workforce in mid-table and with a Champions league quarter-final away leg at Real Madrid looming subsequent Wednesday.
The membership’s file goalscorer, himself dismissed as supervisor in January 2021, drew a heat reception from the travelling followers as he arrived for his first match in cost.
Lampard additionally acquired a transparent image of the duty he faces over the eight remaining video games, with a tame Chelsea failing to seek out the web for its third recreation in a row.
Chelsea, nonetheless with out the injured Mason Mount, had just one shot on track within the first half and, whereas wanting livelier after the break, was unable to make its passing and possession rely.
It had no pictures on track within the second half and has performed extra video games (30) than targets scored (29). It has solely 4 wins from its final 21 video games.
The aim was Nunes’ first within the league because the membership’s file signing joined from Sporting in August final 12 months.
“I thought the performance in the first half was 70% or so,” stated Lampard, who began with Raheem Sterling and Conor Gallagher and introduced on the little-used Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as a second half substitute.
“It was enough for it to be an even game and there was a rocket from them out of nowhere. In the second half there was more energy, more chances and we got more people in the box,” he advised the BBC.
“There has been a lot of change and that’s not an excuse but things need to improve and I think that performance summed it up. I have to get an understanding of it,” he added.
“You have to get used to winning and make it a habit. Credit to Wolves today, they were physical and stuck in for a win.”
Bournemouth 1-0 Leicester City
Leicester City’s relegation plight worsened because it suffered a 1-0 residence defeat by fellow struggler Bournemouth, its seventh defeat in eight Premier League video games.
England midfielder James Maddison’s horrible again go which allowed Philip Billing to attain within the fortieth minute gifted Bournemouth three essential factors in its bid to remain up.
Leicester gamers had been booed off on the finish of a dismal show which left them second-from-bottom with 25 factors.
Bournemouth moved as much as fifteenth place with 30 factors.
Newcastle 2-1 Brentford
Newcastle United moved again as much as third with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Brentford after Ivan Toney missed a penalty for the London facet for the primary time in his profession.
Brentford received a penalty when Sven Botman clumsily introduced down Kevin Schade, however Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope guessed accurately to disclaim Toney who missed from the spot for the primary time since 2018 having transformed his earlier 24 makes an attempt.
But Brentford was given one other lifeline when Alexander Isak fouled Rico Henry and the referee awarded one other penalty after watching the replay. This time, Toney made no mistake and beat Pope to attain his 18th league aim of the season.
The tide turned within the second half, nevertheless, as Newcastle got here out firing and equalised 9 minutes after the restart when Joelinton’s tried cross went in off goalkeeper David Raya’s foot.
An unmarked Isak then made amends with an emphatic end after he was arrange by his strike companion and second half substitute Callum Wilson, with the Swedish striker guiding his effort previous Raya to make it 2-1.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com