Frank Lampard played down any suggestion of a title challenge for Chelsea after they recorded a sixth successive Premier League win against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The Blues leapfrogged reigning champions Manchester City in the top-flight standings by beating the Eagles 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, with Tammy Abraham and Christian Pulisic grabbing the goals.
Abraham’s tidy finish opened the scoring in the 52nd minute, before Pulisic made sure of all three points with a powerful header 10 minutes from time.
Chelsea are now only five points behind league leaders Liverpool, who host City at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
Lampard is not thinking about a tilt at the Premier League crown yet though, with it his belief that there is still a gap in quality between his side and last season’s top two.
“We’re just happy with what we’re doing,” the 42-year-old told BT Sport post-match.
“We’re working hard. It’s great to go into the international break off the back of that.
“At the start of the weekend, we can sit back a little bit now and watch the other games, and we respect where Liverpool and Manchester City are, and that was the gap to try and bridge in some way going into this season.
“At the minute we’re staying close and we’re on good form. I was a little bit frustrated [at half-time]. We allowed the tempo to drop through the half.
“We started pretty well, if we get the early goal it feels a different game but, as the game went on, it became a bit broken, we were a bit slow with throw-ins, and re-taking free kicks, forward passes and I just felt if we increased the tempo the game was there to win. The players went out and did that.”
You may be interested
Euro 2024: Tielemans, De Bruyne Score As Belgium Overcome Romania
Webby - June 22, 2024Belgium kept their hope of qualifying to the knockout stages of Euro 2024 after overcoming Romania 2-0 on Saturday.An early…
Chukwuemeka Will Prove His Worth At Chelsea Next Season –Madueke
Webby - June 20, 2024Chelsea winger Noni Madueke believes Camey Chukwuemeka will prove his worth next season in the Premier League.Madueke made this known…
12 Schools Battle For Honours In Milo Basketball Championship Finals
Webby - June 20, 202412 Schools will battle for honours in the 24th edition of the Milo Secondary School Basketball Championship.Six teams made into…
Leave a Comment