DBasia.news – Frank Lampard emphasized that Chelsea still needs to prove themselves before they can be called a contender for the English Premier League title to rival Liverpool and Manchester City after their team pushed their way to the top three.
Even so, the manager called the 4-1 win over Sheffield United the best performance for his squad this season. Practically, this positive result means the Blues have now registered a streak of 11 matches in all competitions without being beaten.
Once again, Hakim Ziyech inspired Chelsea’s win, playing a key role in three of the team’s four goals. With Christian Pulisic and Kai Havertz not available in the squad, this proves that Lampard’s squad has great depth.
Sheffield United manager, Chris Wilder has described Chelsea as among the top three in England, along with reigning champions, Liverpool and City. Even so, Lampard was reluctant to be conceited.
“We are in a good position, but there are levels that have been set by Liverpool and City over the years, which means you have to be in a good position every game and every week, that’s the gap we have to close,” he said.
“I certainly don’t want to jump too far even though I’m thrilled with the many good omens today,” he continued, regarding the discussion of the chances of winning this season.
Chelsea started this season with a series of results that was somewhat uncertain. But lately they were able to reverse the situation. He told how new players arrived in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic situation so that their preparation was lacking, one of the things that caused his team to appear sluggish in the first few weeks of this season.
“People see where we are and people can very quickly look at the number of goals conceded and the failure to win,” added Lampard.
“We have had some injury problems and we have found the new players who have joined have to train to get better in a very short time,” he explained.
“I think, with today’s performance, it was completely our best performance this season,” concluded the manager.