Frank Lampard Chelsea
Frank Lampard Chelsea

Chelsea picked up a well-deserved win against Aston Villa as they restarted their Premier League campaign this weekend at Villa Park.

The Blues went down 1-0 right just before half-time but as soon as the match resumed, Lampard’s men were able to shift gears and score two goals in quick succession, courtesy of Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud.

And speaking after the game, the Chelsea managed explained why he was worried about his side’s performance in the first half but at the same time, he knew what had to be done.

“I was frustrated at half-time, without a doubt,” said Lampard, as quoted.

“I was worried that it gave them an opportunity to be solid against us and to break on us. We had to keep doing well what we did in the first half.

“I think we had to make sure we kept moving the ball quickly, kept attacking down the sides like we did and not get bored of doing the good things which were giving Villa a problem. I think we did that.

“The more we did that the players believed, then Oli gets the second goal and we deserved to win the game as we had so much of the ball. If we were more clinical it makes it an easier afternoon.”

“To keep doing it, not to get bored. We had to keep going down the sides. We got down the right-hand side a lot in the game and eventually, we got a goal from it.

“We expected that [to dominate the game], with the greatest respect to Villa. The way we’ve been training, the way we move the ball the things we try to do to get to the 18-yard box we did pretty well but sometimes there’s little areas around the edge of the box where we can do better.

“Hopefully that will improve. but that’s been the story of our season. it was nothing new today to play well, concede and have to fight our way to victory. We haven’t always got victory and that’s the next stage for us, to try and be more clinical for the moments when we’re on top.”

The three points mean Chelsea have managed to open up a slight gap at the fourth spot and in doing so, they are also moving closer to thrid placed Leicester City.

This comeback will give a big confidence boost to the Stamford Bridge outfit since they take on Manchester City and Leicester City in their next two Premier League matches.

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