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The Blues boss has been cutting and changing his bottom line since taking over the club, but is eager to stop in the near future.
Frank Lampard hopes that he can find a stable Chelsea defense after the partnership of Thiago Silva and Kurt Zouma impressed in a 4-0 win over Crystal Palace.
Silva, signed by a free signing from PSG, performed well on a new baseline that featured new signings such as goalkeeper Edouard Mendy and left-back Ben Chilwell, alongside Zouma and César Azpilicueta.
It was Chelsea’s first clean sheet in the Premier League this season in five attempts and comes after the Blues conceded 54 league goals last season.
Lampard says he is looking for a more stable defense than last season, when the club conceded the most goals since Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003.
“I’m really pleased with the clean sheet for everyone involved,” Lampard said at Stamford Bridge. “Not just the goalkeeper and the defenders, but the whole team. We didn’t give a really dangerous team away from home any chance to score, which was great for the team’s concentration.
“Yes, Thiago and Kurt looked very good, very composed. With Thiago, he has a lot of experience and we saw it. It is still early in terms of physical condition, so let’s see how that association works, but I want to find some kind of stability. in the rear four, of course it is.
“It needs some competition and those two showed how well they can do it, but that must continue.”
Roy Hodgson’s Palace team is known to be dangerous on counterattack and set pieces, and has produced high-profile surprises of late, including a win over Manchester United this season.
In fact, they competed well with Chelsea in a goalless first half before their collapse in the second half. Lampard was heard yelling ‘move faster’ in a monotonous first half and continues to send a message that his team is still learning to curdle after seeing six new signings arrive this summer for a total spend of around £ 220 million ( $ 275 million).
“There is always a great eye on Chelsea as a club and of course we brought players through the window and I understand that everyone wants to see immediately that we come together.”
“It’s just not the way football works. What you saw in the first half was control of the game, but I felt that in the last third, especially in the middle of the field, it was a bit slow. It allowed a team like Well organized as a Palace to deal with us for most of the first half.
“In the second half, we found Ben Chilwell faster; we found balls between the lines, we were prepared to go one-on-one with the defenders. Those are the things that are going to grow, that’s something I have to push.
“The players will improve each other and learn the moves I want them to make and I think we saw a little bit of that in the second half, but there is a lot of work to be done on that.
“As much as I don’t get as depressed as some seem to be after West Brom and Tottenham games, I won’t get too high either. There is a lot of work to be done, but today we saw some good signs.”
