Blues legend Frank Lampard has now suffered six consecutive defeats as interim manager at Chelsea\u00a0and believes his Stamford Bridge side is \u201ctoo nice\u201d and struggle to even compete as a team.<\/p>\n
Lampard\u2019s Blues were eviscerated by Arsenal in Tuesday\u2019s London derby at the Emirates Stadium, going 3-0 down inside just 34 minutes.<\/p>\n
The Chelsea legend spoke after his sixth successive defeat as the interim boss explained how he had to shout at his team about simply doing the basics at half-time. He said: \u201cThe first-half performance was not good enough, in every way. We were nice to play against in every way, nice off the ball, passive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThings we spoke about before the game defensively, we didn\u2019t do. We didn\u2019t restrict space between the lines, we didn\u2019t pressure the ball, we didn\u2019t make contact with Arsenal players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lampard went on to explain why his side improved in the second half and got a goal through Noni Madueke, adding: \u201cIt was maybe things I said at half-time that to be fair, I said before the game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lampard has been steadfast in repeatedly defending his players despite the lack of desire to fight for results being evident for all to see minus the attraction of the carrot of European football next term. After the capitulation of his sixth match since returning to the club, thee was no way he could deny his players clearly lack the ability to compete.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not questioning the players as lads,\u201d Lampard added. \u201cFrom being good lads to transferring it onto the pitch. You don\u2019t need to be aggressive through the week to be an aggressive player when you go on the pitch. That has to be something that you do.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a basic. It\u2019s two things. I think it\u2019s a mental desire, to get up to people. It also starts with the capacity to be able to do it.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you haven\u2019t been conditioning and doing that, and you don\u2019t do it on Wednesday, don\u2019t do it on Thursday, you won\u2019t do it on Saturday or whatever day you want to talk about.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen those things become you as a group, they don\u2019t change overnight and we\u2019re seeing that at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
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