Chelsea dropped points once again, this time drawing to Brighton and Hove Albion away from home in the Premier League.
The Blues took the lead in the first-half through a strike from Azpilicueta in the 10th minute of the match but it was a wonderful overhead kick from Jahanbakhsh which helped the home side salvage a draw six minutes from time.
And speaking after the match, Frank Lampard has admitted that the biggest reason for them dropping points at the Falmer Stadium was because his players weren’t ruthless enough so that they would look to kill off the match early on.
‘It was an incredible equaliser but it is two points dropped for us because in the first half if we’re ruthless then the game is out of sight,’ the Chelsea manager told the club’s official website.
‘That’s not to say we had multiple chances but we had control, we had opportunities to play people in that could score and to make decisions around the box to score.
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‘We had to keep switching the ball, keep doing what we did in the first 20 minutes, but we came off that slightly and allowed them to feel they were still in the game.
‘They’re a good team so when they started to play a bit later in the game then they can cause you problems.’
The draw means Chelsea have now dropped points for the 10th time in 21 games this season and right now there are serious doubts as to whether the Blues can keep their Champions League status by the end of the season.
Next up they move into the FA Cup 3rd round where they take on Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
