Frank Lampard react to 3-1 defeat against Arsenal, says basics wasn’t good enough.

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says his side were not good enough the 3-1 defeat against Arsenal in the Premier League.

Arteta side which having been struggling in the Premier league put two goals past the Blues in the first half of the game and later went on to beat Lampard 3-1 at the end with Jorginho losing a penalty.

Lampard further stated that his side got it wrong from sprinting to pressing, running and also the speed of pass was wrong.

“Not good enough on the basics – sprints and pressing and running, speed of pass and trying to play and make angles, all the basics were wrong.”

“I am not sure if complacency is the right word but there was definitely a lethargic approach to the first half that no matter whether you were playing Arsenal in a tough moment who have got quality players, or any team in the Premier League, you can’t turn up like that.”

“I am concerned what is at the bottom of it but I am not sure it is definitely complacency. The fact that actually matters is that if you come and play slow, on and off the ball, you have a big problem trying to get a result. The message was clear before the game, we had to attack it in the right way and we didn’t.”

The Blues manager also said he took off Timo Werner because he was not giving the team the enough with and without the ball and also stated that the German striker needs time to adapt to the League.

“Timo today wasn’t giving us enough with or without the ball and some of it we have to give him time because it is a different league but also, we have to get there quickly, so we’ll see about his tiredness. I will have a conversation with him but it was a decision I just felt I had to make. I had to make changes to try to change the cause of the match.”