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
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.
It is great to be recognised by your fellow players - the awards you really crave are from them.
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.
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.
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.
There is such a belief in the squad that we could really do something.
We've taken a bit of stick and I think no one has criticized us as much as ourselves by our recent performances, ... We thought we improved against Austria and today we wanted to play with a lot of pace in our game, a lot of attacking verve. We were unfortunate not to score a few more goals.
We know we're not quite there yet, last year was a fantastic day for us here. It was a big step towards winning it today. We're the ones nine points clear and as long as we do our job we're going to win the league. We got the result, we're nearly there.
The pitch was as bad as it has ever been and we were getting frustrated.
The pitch will be full of players who are capable of changing the course of the game.