Arsenal’s latest success within the Premier League may present the blueprint for Chelsea’s bid to rebuild after a disappointing marketing campaign, interim supervisor Frank Lampard stated forward of the edges’ assembly on Tuesday.
Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat by Brentford final week left them twelfth within the standings, stumbling in the direction of probably their worst marketing campaign because the 1993-94 season – after they completed 14th underneath Glenn Hoddle – regardless of their new U.S. house owners’ enormous outlay.
On Tuesday, Chelsea face an Arsenal facet that completed outdoors the highest 4 for six straight seasons between 2016-2022, however at present discover themselves locked in an intense title race after important enchancment underneath supervisor Mikel Arteta.
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“There is a long process in terms of getting to where you want to get to. I remember going up against Mikel in that early stage,” Lampard instructed reporters forward of the journey to the Emirates Stadium.
“Sometimes they played five at the back, sometimes four; now they have a clear identity. There has been a lot of work through the team, Mikel, alignment and good recruitment. Do we have the possibility to do that? Yes. Will it take time and good decisions? Absolutely, yes. But you can get there.
“The supervisor was being questioned, the gamers and house owners had been and that course of can take two or three years. They are an amazing instance of that accomplished nicely.”
Lampard conceded that Chelsea’s players are “low on confidence” due to their poor run of form, but challenged his side to counteract their lack of self belief with hard work.
“You can solely work to get a stage of efficiency to deliver confidence again,” Lampard said.
“I’ve been right here in moments the place confidence has been low as a result of no one likes dropping video games. I had moments as a participant the place we dropped our requirements as a collective and we needed to raise it.
“Looking through history, we managed to get it back through hard work. We can only consider the future and work really hard to get the squad where we want it.”
Lampard added that defender Kalidou Koulibaly may very well be “out for a while” after injuring his hamstring towards Real Madrid within the Champions League.