Chelseas two most senior players in our team that beat Liverpool at Anfield for the first time for four years described a job well done when speaking after the final whistle. Frank Lampard , who certainly knows what it takes to win big matches, was captain in the absence of John Terry and he was delighted with a performance that keeps the Blues alive in the title race. Well keep going, he said. We showed desire, you could see that on the pitch. We have spirit, we wanted to win and we want to stay in the game. We had a few difficulties around this game - injury, suspension, a massive game on Wednesday and we have dug in and won. We changed the team, Tomas Kalas came in for his debut and was absolutely fantastic, and every man out there was brilliant. We were devastated when we lost last week against Sunderland but weve bounced back. Lampard gave insight into the way Sundays game was approached. We knew how good Liverpool are in the first 15 to 20 minutes and that was when we definitely didnt want to give them any space in behind us. Their strength has been their attacking force all season and we set out to stop that, and then we knew we could start to get into the game. Mark Schwarzer has played many times at Anfield for Middlesbrough and Fulham and was unruffled by the occasion, keeping his second clean sheet in a row following the draw away at Atletico Madrid. It was very special, he said of the display against Liverpool. Our game plan worked exactly how we wanted it to work, and Liverpool really struggled with the way we played. We wanted to stop them scoring early on because we knew at home they are very strong, and they normally come at teams 100 miles an hour and they score early. We frustrated them and overall the pressure started to mount and they struggled with it. Lampard rejects criticism that may be aimed at the Blues for basing the performance on being strong in defence. We played Liverpool at home earlier in the season, we were fantastic going forward and if we can do that, well do that. You have to have both sides to your game to win the league. A lot of the win was down to Jose Mourinho , hes our manager and teams are in the image of their manager, just as Liverpool are Brendan [Rodgers]. Players have to go out and follow orders but also have to show their individuality and expression, and you need men like Demba Ba to come in and finish like he does. It is a group effort. #tlaw
Posted on: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 23:10:15 +0000
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