Chelsea ‘long way’ from being title contenders, says Lampard

Chelsea supervisor Frank Lampard believes his facet are a good distance in need of the degrees of Premier League Champions Liverpool and Manchester City, who’ve set the benchmark when it comes to consistency. Lampard’s Chelsea, presently third within the league, go to title winners Liverpool on Wednesday, chasing the three factors they should safe Champions League soccer subsequent season.

Liverpool go into the sport having dropped eight factors of their previous 5 matches, however nonetheless stay 30 factors away from Chelsea.

When requested how far his group needed to go to compete with Liverpool and second-placed Manchester City, Lampard stated: “A long way.

“We have to be realistic about that as a club, as do many of the other clubs, because themselves and Manchester City, particularly Liverpool this year, have shown an incredible consistency that only comes through hard work and time with fantastic players and fantastic coaching.

“We are at a different point in the curve. You are talking about probably the two best club teams in world football, up there with a couple of others in European football.

“The points don’t lie over the past few seasons. We are realistic but we have targets and we want to close that gap.”

Chelsea have already spent large within the switch market to recruit attackers Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner for subsequent season.

The membership have been linked with a transfer for Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Kai Havertz within the British media however Lampard refused to debate switch hypothesis.

France midfielder N’Golo Kante will stay on the sidelines for the Liverpool conflict, having already missed Chelsea’s final 4 matches within the league and FA Cup as a consequence of a hamstring damage.