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Furios Lampard speaks after Chelsea defeat to Sheffield United

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A furious Frank Lampard questioned the mentality of his players after Chelsea’s Champions League hopes suffered a blow in a 3-0 defeat at Sheffield United.

Chelsea produced arguably their worst performance of the season and missed a chance to tighten their grip on third place after another defensive horror show at Bramall Lane.

Lampard was unhappy with the attitude of the team and admitted Chelsea were beaten in every aspect of the game.

“They were better than us physically, better than us in the mind, better than us with the ball, so you lose the game,” said Lampard.

“They were stronger than us mentally, you could feel that, without the crowd here at the moment you hear every voice and all I could hear was Sheffield United voices.

“The players knew all the information that they needed. But if you are going to play with a slow, low technical level, and if we are not going to compete like we should do for the first 45 minutes in particular, then it does not matter how you set up tactically.”

Chelsea could drop out of the top four by Monday after Leicester and Manchester United play their games in hand.

More defensive mistakes cost Chelsea and Lampard said:

“Disappointing. I have got to be careful not to overanalyse this one, because that is what you do all season.

“You overanalyse and review. What we have to do now is put that game to bed. The only thing that matters now is that we fight for top four. We are still in that race.

“We have to put this game away very quickly but I learned a lot about the players today, and I will not forget that. You tend to learn more in the tough moments, in tough games.

“That is for me to deal with as we go forward.”

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