Chelsea 0-2 Real Madrid: Frank Lampard says he 'won't let players off the hook' after European exit

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Frank Lampard connected the transportation aft Chelsea's 2-0 nonaccomplishment to Real Madrid

Chelsea interim brag Frank Lampard says helium "won't fto anyone disconnected the hook" aft Real Madrid knocked them retired of the Champions League to inflict different large stroke successful their flagging season.

Two Rodrygo goals astatine Stamford Bridge connected Tuesday sealed a 4-0 aggregate triumph for Real successful the quarter-final tie.

It meant the Blues person present mislaid each 4 games nether Lampard since helium was appointed arsenic interim brag this month.

"Every crippled you play you person to springiness everything," helium told BT Sport.

The 44-year-old Lampard, Chelsea's all-time starring goalscorer and erstwhile manager, added: "I've been present present for lone 2 weeks truthful I'm hungry.

"I won't fto anyone disconnected the hook successful presumption of seeing this play out. It has to beryllium the opposite."

With Chelsea 11th successful the Premier League and 10 points down seventh-placed Brighton, winning the Champions league was their champion accidental of qualifying for Europe adjacent season.

But present they indispensable look up to a trophyless run successful which they volition person thing to amusement for a grounds outlay connected players successful the past 2 transportation windows of astir £600m.

Tuesday's show represented the champion of Lampard's little 2nd tenure arsenic Blues boss, but erstwhile again they were incapable to instrumentality the chances that came their way.

They person scored conscionable erstwhile successful the 4 losses nether Lampard.

"It's not for the privation of trying," added the erstwhile Blues midfielder, who scored 211 goals successful his 13 years arsenic a player.

"We had tons of crosses and tons of players successful bully positions truthful I volition ne'er criticise the lads for that - it's conscionable the information that if they took immoderate of those chances. If the necktie went to 2-1 astatine immoderate point, you truly would person felt the assemblage turn.

"We were playing world-class absorption determination and we were, for me, the amended squad and had chances.

"It's the archetypal crippled since I've been backmost that I've seen the things and we've truly been implementing them - and that's thing that we privation to proceed for the remainder of the season.

"Now that modular cannot drop. That's the 1 message, erstwhile the particulate settles connected this, in-house."

Chelsea person 7 league games remaining, the archetypal of which is astatine location against Brentford connected Wednesday 26 April.

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