Chelsea manager Frank Lampard says that his side was beaten by the better side after they were defeated 2-0 at the King power stadium.
Lampard insist that the performance his team gave was slower, sluggish and they also lack confidence.
“We were beaten by the better team,’ said Lampard. ‘The general theme of our performance was slower, was more sluggish, was lacking confidence but also lacking a bit of desire to run. That comes down to confidence at times. When a team is confident, they look like Leicester, like we did a month ago.
“They were sharper than us, they ran more than us and they showed real moments of quality. They looked like a team in form, we looked like a team out of form.
“I’m disappointed with both the goals. It’s pivotal when you come to a team in good form you stay in the game early. We know we can compete with Leicester when we’re playing well, but when you go 2-0 down and you’re in a difficult period of form it affects the game hugely.
“The first is a set-piece that we need to deal with better when people don’t do their jobs. The second is poor defending on the right-hand side of our defence. They were clear individual errors that will give goals away.”
When asked if it was a thing to worry about as he doesn’t know his best team, Lampard said, “We are not the finished article. Sometimes there are players who impress and are playing well. Sometimes there are players fighting to get into the team. You can’t just conjure up your best team. Players have to make the spot their own.
“In an ideal world you find a team that are rolling. We were 16 unbeaten and it is easy to not change the team when you’re getting results. When you’re searching for form and individual improvement, it’s normal the team doesn’t pick itself.”
Lampard further stated that he doesn’t feel so much pressure as he better handling that, he said he knows that the job is quite a difficult one when he took it and that he just have concern for himself getting out of the difficult period.
