Chelsea’s coach, Frank Lampard has opened up about his team’s loss to Arsenal on Saturday in the FA Cup Final against Arsenal.
The Blues started well with a goal from Christian Pulisic in the fifth minute to give them an early lead.
However, the lead was not to hold as two goals from Gunners captain, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang gave them a win and the FA cup.
Speaking with BBC after the match, Lampard said, “We started well for 10 or 15 minutes, scored a goal, and had other chances. From that point, we can only blame ourselves in football terms.
“We decided to take control as in being complacent, let’s try and play short passes like it is a bit of a stroll. A final can never be a stroll and we allowed them back into the game.
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“All I can do form the sidelines is shout. There are elements in our game that we have worked hard on all year, but that is in you as a group.
“We were slow, we played back on ourselves, invited pressure then didn’t really know where to go from that. We didn’t play well enough to win a final.
“It doesn’t help to have two hamstrings (Azpilicueta and Pulisic) and a dislocated shoulder (Pedro), then Willian got injured yesterday and had to pull out.
“I’m not even thinking about next week. It’s the end of a long, long season and it was the tipping point for us.”
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