Frank Lampard
Frank Lampard
Frank James Lampard OBEis an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for New York City FC in Major League Soccer. He is the all-time leading goalscorer for Chelsea, where he played for 13 years, and is considered by a number of journalists and football experts to be one of the greatest midfielders of his generation, in addition to being widely regarded as Chelsea's greatest ever player by some Chelsea players, such as previous record goal-scorer Bobby Tambling and...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth20 June 1978
CityRomford, England
It is great to be recognised by your fellow players - the awards you really crave are from them.
I was desperate to get that record but I want to get more goals now. I want to reach 20 goals for the first time.
Last season when Arjen Robben was out injured it was a nightmare for us because we didn't have a solution. But this season it's no problem. We have that solution,
John has had a similar problem for some time and his looks worse than mine.
It was a big step towards winning it today. We got the result, we're nearly there.
I rate him very highly, right at the very top. He's a fantastic midfielder with a real all-round game.
Hopefully, we will win tonight and so reach the Champions League final. If that happens and I have the foot done straight afterwards, that would rule me out of the England tour,
It is a case of putting it to the back of your mind but equally don't forget what you learned from it. But it is a real kick up the backside for each individual and the squad as whole.
You get to the stage where every little bit of criticism that comes to you, you use to make you stronger, ... We get it from a lot of angles now and we hope to answer it by success.
Nobody expects a footballer to have any kind of an IQ, which is a bit of an unfair stereotype.
Every season will have its dips and hard moments, and the challenge then is to make sure you don't get too down in those moments and make sure you come back fighting.
There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.
Obviously, it has taken time to work with the players around me and with so many new faces coming in the summer, in a way it's been more difficult.
The title is still on the cards until it's off the cards