BEVERLY HILLS, August 02, (THEWILL) – Chelsea FC manager, Frank Lampard has described his players’ approach to Saturday’s FA Cup final match between the Blues and Arsenal FC as “complacent”. The Gunners beat the Blues by 2-1 at the Wembley Stadium to win a record 14th FA Cup.
THEWILL reports that Chelsea scored first from a Christian Pulisic’s early goal giving them the lead before a double from Arsenal striker and captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang turned the game around.
Speaking to BBC Sports after the match, Lampard said he was not happy with the manner his players approached the game.
He said: “We got complacent, took time on the ball like it was a stroll. We didn’t play well enough to win a final. A lot of today is on us.
“We started well for 10-15 minutes and we can only blame ourselves from that point.
“A final can never be a stroll and we allowed them back into the game. We were slow, we played back on ourselves, invited pressure.
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“At the start of any new partnership it is important to show maximum respect and we have done that by concentrating on the club’s core identity. What you have is a clean, strong design, which any fan would immediately know belongs to Liverpool.”
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