EPL: Lampard opens up on his expectations for Chelsea’s last 7 matches

Chelsea have struggled to impress this season and were recently kicked out of the UCL tournament by Real Madrid.

With UCL out, Chelsea are unlikely to also play in European football next season as they sit outside the top six on the EPL table.

With seven matches left to be played in Premier League against teams with plenty to play for, Chelsea manager Frank Lampard wants to see high standards set.

‘We now get little bits of period to work,’ he started.

‘People from the outside might write that off and go ‘what does that mean if you’re coming eighth or 12th’, but for me, it means a lot. The challenge for me is to raise performance. Now I have some time to work.

‘In that first hour against Real Madrid individuals and the team were performing at the level we want. We now can’t come away from that level. Brighton wasn’t the level we want. I said that after the game. We can’t be a team that turns up here but not there. We have to be competitive all the way through.’