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https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/07/21/
frank-lampard-press-conference-ahead-of-liverpool

Lampard on Kante's fitness, Hudson-Odoi's form and pushing to achieve our
primary target

21 Jul 2020


The Blues will be without N'Golo Kante once again for tomorrow's trip to
Anfield, a game Frank Lampard is expecting to be full of challenges
despite Liverpool's drop-off in results since being crowned Premier League
champions.


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The team news was provided in an update from Lampard at the manager's
video press conference to preview our penultimate game of this interrupted
Premier League campaign.


We take on Jurgen Klopp's side on Wednesday evening, kick-off 8.15pm, with
a win able to secure Champions League football next season.


'N'Golo is not fit,' revealed the boss. 'He's not ready for this game.'


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Kante will have only a watching brief again at Anfield tomorrow


Despite having dropped points against Manchester City, Burnley and Arsenal
since our victory over City handed them the title last month, Lampard is
preparing to face a full-strength team fully firing and eager to put on a
show on the night they finally get their hands on the Premier League
trophy.


'It does change the face of it,' admitted Lampard, speaking from
experience as a three-time Premier League winner himself.


'Liverpool have had an incredible campaign and maybe it's normal
sometimes when you succeed and get over the line like they have in such
great fashion that there can be a small dip, which they've had a little
bit in results because they were virtually unbeatable for a big period.


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Lampard says his team will go to Merseyside full of respect for the job
Klopp's side have done this season


'I don't consider that though. I only consider the strong Liverpool that
we've seen for big parts of the season, that's the Liverpool I expect.'


Lampard was asked whether his side will give the champions a guard of
honour.


'I'm very happy to give a guard of honour for a team that deserve it,
having won the league in such style as well. We go there with huge
respect.


'We're competitive here but you have to understand when a team has won the
league well and we'll handle that in the right way but focus on the game.'


In terms of bridging the gap on the teams above us, Frank knows there is a
lot of work to do.


'We have a long way to go and we have to be realistic about that as a
club, as do many of the other clubs because Liverpool and Manchester City
have shown an incredible consistency that only comes through hard work and
with fantastic players and fantastic coaching.


'We're at a different point in the curve and we have to respect that and
work towards it. The points don't lie over the last few seasons but we
have to have some strong targets and we want to close that gap.'


Callum Hudson-Odoi's recent form was also put forward as a subject of
discussion.


'I've spoken about Callum a lot and he needs to keep training at the
highest level, which is what I've seen him doing particularly in the last
week or 10 days. In the two games he's come on, he's had good impacts and
that's the way he needs to continue.


'He's a young player with great talent and potential and I want to see
that potential come through.'


Lampard did not want to talk about transfer rumours but did explain how he
has been relaying his vision for the future to the new signings who have
come in.


'If I work for this club, I want to get the best out of the group that I
have and if we're looking at bringing in players and there's a chance to
speak to them, you just want to speak about the vision and what you want
for the club.


'When I get the opportunity to do that, I'll hopefully do it with a lot of
passion and feeling and an idea of what I want. I remember being a player
and having certain conversations like that with different managers or
people in football and it's an important thing.


'As a player you want to join something that's going somewhere and that's
the only way I will speak to players either that I get the opportunity to
speak to or my own players. We all have to feel that the vision and the
idea of playing for Chelsea is a really positive one and my job sometimes
is to say that.'


The target of Champions League qualification will be settled in the next
five days and Lampard admitted it was his number one priority at the
season start.


'We have to say it was the number one goal at the start of the season
because it's the competition that's right in front of you at the start and
the competition that you have to produce the most consistency in, which
generally means the top teams come to the top.


'It's a gauge of where you are as a club and it's about the prestige of
wanting to stay in the Champions League. We've done it a lot over the last
10 or 15 years at Chelsea. This year was probably the most testing time to
try and be in there so if we do, I'll be happy.


'Does it mean we'll be challenging for the league next year? No. It just
means we've made a really good step this year, if we get there, and then
we have to work out how we bridge that gap because it still remains a lot
of points.'


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lampard-on-what-champions-league-qualification-would-mean-to-che

Lampard on what Champions League qualification would mean to Chelsea and
how we can reach Liverpool's levels

22 Jul 2020


Victory at Anfield will guarantee Champions League football at the Bridge
next season, and while winning tonight will clearly be no easy feat, Frank
Lampard has considered why sealing a top-four spot would be such an
important and impressive achievement.


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We take on the newly-crowned Premier League champions knowing if we become
the first team since Crystal Palace in April 2017 to beat Liverpool on
their own patch, we will be certain of finishing at least fourth heading
in to the final weekend of the season.


Of course, nothing is certain against a side who have swept all before
them domestically this season, and won 17 and drawn one of their 18 home
league games. A huge challenge awaits the Blues, but Lampard knows if his
side can pull it off it will be hugely significant for not only the future
of the club, but also the development of his young squad.


'The Champions League is massively important for Chelsea, not just in
terms of the prestige and what it means, but if you are on the world stage
like Chelsea have been, you want to compete at the highest level, and you
want to attract players to the highest level,' said the boss.


'It obviously generates money to the club. You understand why there is
such intense scrutiny on who finishes in the top four. Now it becomes an
accomplishment in itself. We want to move further than that so we look
upwards in the Premier League, but trying to get in the Champions League
has to be a huge aim for Chelsea, even with the way this year has gone.


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This will be the fourth meeting between Chelsea and Liverpool this season,
with the previous three having ended in a win (2-0), a loss (1-2) and a
draw (2-2)


'It would be a big achievement for the players,' added Lampard of
finishing in the top four. 'We had a squad that included players coming
back from loan this year, making Premier League debuts and experiencing
the marathon that is a Premier League season, and we lost probably the
best player in the league.


'Teams around us invested. We were fighting our own battles, the players
fight those battles on the pitch, and while I never thought it would be
plain sailing it's in our hands in the last two games to get there. If we
get there - and it's going to be tough because of the games ahead of us -
it should be something we are happy with, and then it's thinking about how
we move on and bridge the gap upwards.'


As a player, Lampard knew what it took to get the job done. So what advice
can he offer his squad in the coming days to ensure we get the required
points from our fixtures with Liverpool and Wolves?


'There has been a lot of talk about mentality and mindset in the last few
weeks, and of course that's huge. We haven't been able to work too much
between games here, so it's whether the players can give huge efforts in
these two games to get the results we need.


'It doesn't need to be spelt out much more than that. It's ours to get
over the line and there's still work to be done.'


Liverpool have dropped more points since winning the league (when we beat
Man City last month) than they had in the entirety of the season up to
that point, testament to the stability of performance and outcome they
maintained from August to June.


It has not always been that way under Jurgen Klopp, however. Liverpool
finished eighth in the season in which he arrived, and then fourth in
2016/17, fourth again in 2017/18, and then second last year, when they
ran Man City very close. The long-term project at Anfield has now paid
off, and, considering similarities between the early Klopp days with his
own at Chelsea, Lampard detailed the strategy required to reach the levels
the Reds have this season.


'Belief in the way you work, understanding there can be improvement in
small parts every single day, on the training ground and how we behave,
and belief we can get to where we want,' said the boss. 'That has to be a
constant message.


'I remember Liverpool being inconsistent in those early days,' he
continued. 'What you have to have then is consistency in your own work.
The message has to be clear. There will be tough times, but if you want to
veer away and take shortcuts, or find a different way, you have to believe
in what you're doing.


'I believe in the way the staff and I work here. You want the players to
buy in to that and work alongside that, to understand that tough times
along that road are going towards the idea of getting to where we want to
be.'

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