Lampard: Chelsea gamers should rejoice this win – I do know I’ll
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rank Lampard mentioned his Chelsea gamers ought to “absolutely enjoy a beer or glass of wine” after sealing their first win since March 11 with a 3-1 victory over Bournemouth.
Since returning to the membership as caretaker supervisor final month, Lampard got here into the match on the Vitality Stadium having overseen six abject defeats, with Chelsea’s season of turmoil underneath new proprietor Todd Boehly drawing to a dreadful shut.
But the Blues averted a joint club-record seventh straight defeat by prevailing over their hosts within the wind and rain on the south coast.
Conor Gallagher’s header put the Blues forward, earlier than the Cherries struck again by means of Matias Vina’s pearler, which crashed in off the publish.
The second half was a quiet affair on the primary, however Lampard’s substitutions did the trick with late sub Hakim Ziyech crossing for Benoit Badiashile to transform. Then two extra substitutes mixed when Raheem Sterling burst ahead and performed sideways for Joao Felix to place some gloss on the scoreline.
“Absolutely they should have a beer and a glass of win tonight, or whatever they do,” Lampard mentioned. Then requested whether or not he would comply with go well with, Lampard admitted: “Yeah for sure – on the coach now!”
Speaking about his facet’s victory, Lampard revealed: “In the days between games, we can’t work much. But we can talk and have meetings. Bournemouth will always give you some problems here. They are a good team. I think we controlled it.
“We had a lot of overloads on the side of the pitch. You have to be more killers at the top end of the pitch. At the minute we haven’t got that. Our fans were fantastic today, so I personally appreciate their support. It’s important to build a connection between players and fans. Hakim and Raheem have maybe underperformed at times this season, but I think their form is temporary and class is permanent.”
Reflecting on the temper within the opening days and weeks of his caretaker position, Lampard admitted: “There was a lot of picking up that needed to be done, and the lads are all human. We’re all affected in similar ways when you’re not winning. The only way to get past that is to fight and to work through it. It will be the fight of the players that will make them stronger.
“I know that the fans will stick with this club. There’s not a club of anywhere near our size that hasn’t had a transitional period.”