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Some Chelsea players should watch their backs for their first-team spots, an irate Frank Lampard has suggested.
The boss of the Blues did not hide his dissatisfaction with his players after the defeat against Arsenal in London.
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Lampard doesn’t know why Chelsea performed so poorly
Arsenal had not won in the league since November 1, but they struggled to beat the lackluster Chelsea to a 3-1 victory.
Alexandre Lacazette’s penalty and goals from Granit Xhaka and Bukayo Saka put Mikel Arteta’s 3-0.
Chelsea improved as the match came to a close, with Tammy Abraham pulling one back. They then earned a penalty in the first minute of injury time, but Bernd Leno stopped Jorginho’s docile effort.
The missed pitch perfectly summed up Chelsea’s day and Lampard was very candid when asked to assess how his team played.
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Jorginho could have given Chelsea hope of salvaging an undeserved point
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But he failed and Lampard didn’t hold back afterward
He told talkSPORT: “I can’t defend the first half because they lacked the basics of football.
“The message was clear to the players. It was going to be a tough game against a fighting team, a quality team, a team that would give it their all for a London derby.
“The players have to take responsibility for that first half.”
When asked why Chelsea did not act, Lampard said: “I cannot answer that because there are things that you can reflect on in terms of tactics, preparation and all these things, but in terms of effort it is something that has to be a done. in soocer. The players were wrong. “
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Will Lampard make changes to the starting lineup against Aston Villa?
The next step for Chelsea is a home game against Aston Villa, who beat Crystal Palace on Boxing Day on Monday.
The rotation would be considered given the rapid change, but Lampard suggested that he has been given another reason to make changes.
Said, “I won’t sit around complaining about that [fixture scheduling] after the way we’ve played. So yes, it has to be corrected. “
On rotation as an easy option, he added: “In some places, it certainly does. We will need some freshness, some people who deserve to play to show that they can play to the maximum, to the limit because the Premier League demands it.
“You can make the games easier for yourself if you want to start well and we’ve had some games like that this season. Today it was very difficult for us to return ”.
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