https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/11/06/ lampard-press-conference-ahead-of-chelsea-vs-sheffield-united Lampard rules two out of Sheffield United match 06 Nov 2020 Christian Pulisic will not return to the squad for Saturday's game against Sheffield United. https://i.imgur.com/Oju4x4C.jpg That was the big news to come out of Frank Lampard's media conference held via video link from Cobham on Friday afternoon. The boss also updated on Kepa Arrizabalaga who has been missing with a shoulder problem and on Kai Havertz, who is isolating due to Covid-19, but the first update was on the American. Pulisic pulled out of the warm-up last weekend at Burnley due to hamstring discomfort. 'He is not fit to play,' reported Lampard. 'He is still suffering with his hamstring and he is not training. In midweek he was training at a low level but was not comfortable so we have to keep looking for the right solution. https://i.imgur.com/mjhsXOl.jpg 'Kepa has recovered. He still is getting a slight bit of pain but he is in the squad for tomorrow.' Lampard was questioned on whether Havertz might be passed clear to play in Germany's games in the forthcoming international break. 'I don't know that,' he responded. 'With Kai, we must wait until he is symptom-free first of all and then he will have to have a negative test, so at the moment that is not decided, that is not clear.' The player who replaced Pulisic in the team at short notice at Turf Moor was Timo Werner, who went on to score and then add another two midweek in the Champions League. Lampard commented on the striker's workload. 'It was clear with the Burnley game that I was planning on giving him a rest, more because I had options and because of the journey to Russia and back. 'Timo has had a lot of games but at the minute there is always a balance in my job with players who are playing well and enjoying it and finding their way in the team and making relationships, and feeling the league if they are new to it. That has been a big deal for Timo as well so I have to be happy with that. https://i.imgur.com/GfkRY3L.jpg Werner finds the Burnley net 'I am not talking about tomorrow necessarily, I am not going to give the team away, but as we look forward I will try to manage those minutes to keep him as fresh as I can but at the moment he is going well so we will see.' Werner's recent success at hitting the target has come with him playing on the left of a front three in a 4-3-3 formation. Lampard points out that it is a shape that was played a lot last season, but he did not use it in early games this campaign. 'We had the change in personnel in the summer, and with some the players there is a versatility,' he explained. 'Things that we would normally work out in pre-season we had to work out in real time so we had a slight change in formation earlier and with the 4-3-3 it has worked well recently. 'It does give a good balance to our team and there is a balance to our system always where you want to pick the right one and then the players sometimes have to adjust in that as well. So you need intelligent players to take that information on board, we have that, so we just need to keep working on it and also be ready to be flexible if we need to be at times.' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2020/11/06/ lampard-pinpoints-two-ways-chelsea-can-be-better Lampard pinpoints two ways Chelsea can be better 06 Nov 2020 Christian Pulisic is out of tomorrow's Premier League game but with Hakim Ziyech now fully up and running, Frank Lampard still has plenty of quality down the flanks. https://i.imgur.com/jDCgpH2.jpg With Reece James able to operate behind the Moroccan if both are selected on the right, the crossing potential there is clear, and on the left Ben Chilwell has already demonstrated his potency, behind the likes of Mason Mount or Timo Werner, or Pulisic when he is fit. The wide areas are something Lampard has been discussing. 'Part of my thinking when Hakim Ziyech comes to the club is the balance of the sides of the pitch which is very important for us,' he says. 'We knew Reece's quality last year in terms of crossing the ball and when you can have a winger in front of him that offers different angles and combinations on that side to put balls into the box, then it can be a big strength of ours. https://i.imgur.com/mvmSQ3w.jpg 'When I say that, don't forget that Azpi has been here for years, making big assists for the club at different times from all sorts of crosses and different angles, so when we look at the sides of the pitch it is something that we want to exploit and we can get better at it. 'At the moment we are getting praise for the sides of the pitch but as we move forward we can get better at it in terms of our execution and finishing in the box as well, but it is something I am happy with and we want to keep working on it.' After we lost 3-0 away to this weekend's opponents Sheffield United back in July, Lampard was not happy with the lack of vocal support players gave each other and lack of other talk, such as demanding the ball. Has that improved in this season's games? 'We have made some changes in personnel,' he notes. 'Thiago Silva is a player who brings an attitude and professionalism that is infectious. The players are growing. At times last year we were a pretty young team and definitely one of the games that is picked out in my mind is Sheffield United at Bramall Lane where they beat us in every department and that hardly happened last year. 'We just have to improve it with the work we do and the way that the squad grows and that is a process, and it is a nice test tomorrow to see where we go. https://i.imgur.com/KRhkm4q.jpg Heading for defeat in Sheffield in July 'I want to be clear going into the game that Sheffield United are an amazing team with an incredible manager who if you look at the table, nowhere near should we take that as a guideline for the game we have in front of us. 'I watched them play Liverpool and Manchester City recently, who most people would say are the best teams in the league, and they ran them both very close. Sheffield United are still that great team that had such a great season last year so it is a very tough match.' -- 以伊露維塔的名為證發誓 — 若有誰敢奪取屬於我們的藍色之心，不論對方是天使 、惡魔、男人或女人，包括尚未出生者，若有任何的生靈，不論偉大或渺小，是善 還是惡，我們都將懷著復仇與憎恨之心直追到天涯海角，直追到世界結束之日。 --

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