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Chelsea stagnated again after being offset by Aston Villa with a score of 1-1. Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admits, his team is in a difficult period.
The draw was obtained by the Blues when they hosted Villa at Stamford Bridge in a follow-up Premier League, Tuesday (29/12/2020) in the morning WIB. Chelsea started promising to open the scoring thanks to Olivier Giroud’s header in the 34th minute.
However, Chelsea’s lead did not last long. Anwar El Ghazi’s strike beat Edouard Mendy’s guard to bring Villa to equalize early in the second half, as well as marking the match ending equally strong.
With this result, Chelsea failed to get up after falling 1-3 at the hands of Arsenal at the weekend. The Blue have now lost three and won only once in their last five matches, with the only win coming against West Ham with a score of 3-0.
“They are tough opponents, but we did get some good opportunities,” he said Lampard to BBC Sport. “Our response was right even though we didn’t win.”
“This is our difficult period at the moment. We have to fight for it and we will be tougher for it. You certainly want to get the win in this phase of the season. I can feel the disappointment of the players at the end of the game because they wanted to win.”
“A few weeks ago, people talked about us as title contenders. Now is a difficult period. The new players will get better with time,” he added.
For only pocketing one point, Chelsea sagged on the table. Team made Lampard it currently sits in sixth place with 26 points from 16 matches, six points behind Liverpool in the new top order will compete on New Year’s Eve.
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