Chelsea have been going through a really rocking phase during the past couple of weeks and next up they take on Southampton in the Premier League.
The Blues have lost three out of their previous five league games having embarrassingly dropped points against the likes of Bournemouth and Everton.
But last weekend they picked up a fine 2-0 win over Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur in the London Derby and Lampard will be hoping that his players can maintain the winning streak on Boxing Day.
While Chelsea are expected to pick up all three points vs the Saints in midweek on before the match, Frank Lampard has accepted that his players are fighting hard to maintain momentum in the league.
‘We’re all human and there’s a lot of demands on teams and on individuals to keep reproducing a high level of performance,’ he told the club’s official website.
‘We can’t disrespect a Bournemouth or a Tottenham or a West Ham or an Everton to think that they won’t have their day against us or make it difficult for us.
‘The onus is always on us to find a way. Bournemouth and Tottenham were completely different games.
‘Against Bournemouth, we couldn’t break a team down that came here very organised and determined not to give us space in behind or in between the lines.
‘Tottenham was different – we had space down the sides and we used it really well so I think sometimes inconsistency will always be there.
‘It’s about how much you fight to get it as minimal as it can be, which has probably been the beauty of Liverpool and Man City in the last two seasons because they’ve managed to bring the inconsistency levels down and we’re working towards that.’
A win for Chelsea on Boxing Day will be really important since next weekend Lampard men travel across London for yet another derby, this time taking on Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal. And the last thing the Blues would want to do is to go into this match at the back of a defeat.
