Frank Lampard ‘cannot defend’ Chelsea’s efficiency at Arsenal and suggests line-up might be rotated towards Aston Villa

Some Chelsea gamers ought to observe their again on the subject of their first-team locations, a livid Frank Lampard has urged.

The Blues boss made no secret of his dissatisfaction together with his gamers following defeat at London rivals Arsenal.

Arsenal had not received within the league since November 1 however outfought and outclassed the lacklustre Chelsea to clinch a 3-1 win.

Alexandre Lacazette’s penalty and strikes from Granit Xhaka and Bukayo Saka put Mikel Arteta’s facet 3-Zero up.

Chelsea improved because the match drew to an in depth, with Tammy Abraham pulling one again. They then earned a penalty within the first minute of stoppage-time however Jorginho’s tame effort was saved by Bernd Leno.

The missed spot-kick completely summed up Chelsea’s day and Lampard spoke very frankly when requested to evaluate how his facet performed.

He advised talkSPORT: “I can’t defend the primary half as a result of they lacked the fundamentals of soccer.

“The message was clear to the gamers. It was to be a troublesome recreation towards a workforce that’s combating, a workforce of high quality, a workforce that might give all the pieces for a London derby.

“The gamers need to take accountability for that first half.”

When requested why Chelsea didn’t carry out, Lampard stated: “I can’t reply that as a result of some issues you’ll be able to replicate on by way of techniques, preparation and all this stuff however by way of effort it’s one thing that simply needs to be a given in soccer. The gamers bought it fallacious.”

Subsequent up for Chelsea is a conflict at house to Aston Villa, who beat Crystal Palace on Boxing Day, on Monday.

Rotation can be thought of given the fast turnaround however Lampard urged that he’s been given another excuse to make modifications.

He stated: “I’m not going to take a seat and complain about that [fixture scheduling] after the way in which we’ve performed. So yeah, it must be put proper.”

On rotation being a simple selection, he added: “Some locations, it actually does. We’ll want some freshness, some individuals who should play to point out they’ll play on the utmost, on the restrict as a result of the Premier League calls for it.

“You can also make video games simple for your self if you wish to begin effectively and we’ve had some video games like that this season. In the present day we made it very powerful for ourselves to return again.”