Frank Lampard promises Chelsea ‘will be back’ after Champions League loss at end of season

Frank Lampard has vowed ‘Chelsea will be back’ despite ending their season with a whimper against Real Madrid in the Champions League.

Chelsea exited the competition with a humiliating 4-0 loss to the holders as a brace from Rodrygo condemned the Blues to a 2-0 loss at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues, 11th in the Premier League table and 17 points off the Champions League places with just seven games to go, now face a season outside of Europe’s top competition, leaving them with little to play in. the remaining weeks of the campaign.

“People will do a lot for this season because we’ve had so much success, but the reality is this: this club will be back,” Lampard said.

“It will take work and a bit of process. I think the fans appreciated the performance today, there were times this season where they didn’t feel that way so we have to stick with that and get results until the end of the season.

“We were lucky to have so much success, many clubs would dream of having our success with the Premier League and the Champions League. Maybe this is the year where we are not where we are. want to be – it could have to do with transitions A few years ago we didn’t make the Champions League and then Chelsea won the Premier League the following year so we may be too short term. “There are places where we need to improve as a club. Tonight’s game shows that we played a good game and we lost.

“There are new players here who are getting used to the club, it hasn’t been easy. Some of the biggest players in the Premier League when they arrive need time even when teams fly. When they find their feet , they fly. That’s the case with some of our players in terms of transition.

“The Premier League is moving so fast and the landscape is changing. No team has the divine right to be in the top four. Manchester United and Arsenal have had moments out of the Champions League – many big clubs have. At this time, it is useless to predict whether [being out of Europe] will be good or bad is pretty useless. But we can define the basics of where we can get to. Can I assign it during this period? Let’s hope so. But the most important thing for the club is to get back to where we were. But the challenges are great. Everyone is better. Everyone invests.

“Clubs are more stable than us in terms of squad numbers. So we can’t get ahead of ourselves other than understanding what it takes to come back. I understand what it takes to come back. “Being here as a player and a coach in the Champions League. We have to set the bar high. In my next seven games, I’ll do my mini version of that.

Lampard: “Militao should have seen red”

Chelsea gave Real Madrid plenty of problems in the first 60 minutes at Stamford Bridge with a positive performance on the night but, in keeping with their season as a whole, failed to seize their chance, with N’Golo Kante fending off his two best opportunities.

A key moment came in the 54th minute when Eder Militao, already warned, stopped a forward run from Trevor Chalobah but the referee decided not to show him a second yellow card. Lampard was frustrated with the decision.

He said: “Militao was a second yellow card, I won’t say what I really think. At this level a yellow card is given a lot. In the last attacking third, the attacking player is beyond the central defender who is a yellow card which means a red and half an hour of it’s gone That’s what we had to do [in Real]they should have done it here but it didn’t happen.