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Jake Stokes

Chelsea's next five fixtures compared to Liverpool, Tottenham and Man Utd after Brentford misery

Brentford extended Frank Lampard's winless start as caretaker Chelsea manager to eight games on Wednesday night, courtesy of an own goal from Cesar Azpilicueta and a late strike from Bryan Mbuemo. While Thomas Frank's side broke into the top-half of the Premier League table, the Blues edged closer to the relegation zone.

Of course, it's unlikely that Chelsea fall out of the top-flight but, with four of their last six games against the current top-four, the west Londoners are in for a very difficult end to the campaign. Ahead of the treacherous run-in, Lampard has explained where he hopes to draw confidence from.

"That's just a reality, we've got a really tough run-in," said the interim boss. "Three of those top four games are away from home. I don't think it's worth going one step further than the next one at the minute, which is Arsenal.

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