Frank Lampard is hoping that Chelsea can go one step further with their second-leg impact against Real Madrid this year, after the Blues went close to overcoming a two-goal deficit in 2022. The caretaker manager watched his side lose 2-0 at the Bernabeu less than a week after returning to the club, but believes there are reasons to be hopeful should his team step up a level.
Lampard said in his press conference: "I’ve studied both games from last year. I don’t always bother but there are parallels in terms of the personnel who were playing through the team. So I felt it was important for myself and the staff to look at that. We also have the quick reference of last week and how they set up and the threats they have and how we will deal with that.
"You talk about last week and we had opportunities to score but at the same time there were a lot of things we could have done better in the last game. And I feel it even more having watched the game again. There were things that we wanted to do from the outset that we did not do well enough throughout the game."
