We were too nice – Lampard speaks on defeat to Arsenal

Chelsea interim manager Frank Lampard suffered a sixth defeat in six-match is taking over at Stamford Bridge from Graham Potter.

This comes as the Blues suffered a 3-1 defeat to Arsenal at Emirate Stadium on Tuesday night.

Lampard in a post-match statement stated that his players were too nice during the game.

‘The first-half performance was not good enough, in every way,’ said the caretaker manager.

‘We were too nice to play against, nice off the ball, passive, things we talked about before the game defensively we did not do. We did not restrict the space between lines, we did not get the line up as much as we needed to, we did not affect pressure on the ball, we did not make contact with Arsenal players.

‘On the ball the same, passing short, playing to position, not playing longer, not making forward runs. Things that we spoke about and if you play like that, you get what you deserve.’