Chelsea suffered a 1-0 loss at the hands of Bournemouth in the Premier League this weekend meaning Lampard’s men have now lost four out of their past five league matches.
The Cherries went into Stamford Bridge with an injury-hit squad but still, the Blues did very little to trouble the visiting side.
Chelsea had 67% possession during the match but at the same time, they could only manage five shots on target all throughout the 90 minutes. And this was a clear indication that Eddie Howe’s men were successful in stopping the Blues from playing their natural game.
And speaking after the match, pundit Ian Wright explained how the Blues failed to get their biggest playmakers on the ball.
“With Jorginho and the calibre of the player he is because when you play it into him, he does this (pass through the lines) and they’re away,” he said on MOTD.
“This is what Bournemouth did though, they gave people like Rudiger the ball. Jorginho is in a position where he can’t receive it and this is what was happening.
“Second-half, Zouma, can he put that into Mason Mount? I don’t think they were doing any of this today, he then gives it away.
“Here’s another example, just play it into Jorginho. I think that Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham, Hudson-Odoi when he came on, they were starved off the ball. In the end, I think Chelsea were a victim of themselves.
“They didn’t give it to the players that can pass the ball.”
And speaking after the game, even Frank Lampard admitted that Bournemouth did a pretty good job in stopping Chelsea from playing their natural way and unfortunately they did not have a plan B.
‘I’m disappointed,’ said the boss[as reported by the club’s official website].
‘I did feel guarded against this when everyone on the outside was getting excited with seven wins on the trot. I was more level-headed because I felt there was more work to do and now we see there is definitely more work to do.
‘When we play against teams who are organised and want to stop us playing – West Ham, Everton, Bournemouth today – we have to find another way and we haven’t managed to do that.
