Frank Lampard had contrasting views on two of Chelsea's teenage stars after the 1-0 defeat to new Premier League champions Manchester City. After a season of disappointment at Stamford Bridge the 15th loss of a torturous season was more like a training game than anything too competitive.
It means that Chelsea's best placed finish for the year is 10th whilst they also face the prospect of scoring less than a goal per game, too. Although losing to City, albeit a heavily rotated XI, is nothing to be ashamed of, it was the seventh loss in nine games under Lampard with just one win coming.
As the Blues finish the season with another trip to Manchester, this time away to United on Thursday, and the final day visit of Newcastle, there is a real chance of having picked up their last points of the campaign. In a worst case scenario it would leave them with six points out of a possible 36 since mid-March.
