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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Sport
Nizaar Kinsella

Mauricio Pochettino set to take over a Chelsea team who find new ways to hit rock bottom

The latest explanation from Frank Lampard for Chelsea’s now weekly humiliation was that they were “too nice to play against”.

After being torn apart by Arsenal, Lampard said his players lacked aggression and warned the problems at Stamford Bridge would not be fixed overnight. If he was watching on television from afar, prospective new head coach Mauricio Pochettino will have been alarmed by just how bad things have got for Chelsea.

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