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
We got the result and we're nearly there. I think we probably need to win two games and we are going to try to do that.
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,
We played very well at the weekend and when we do it is hard for teams to beat us because we have a lot of quality in the side,
John has had a similar problem for some time and his looks worse than mine.
The anticipation of the World Cup is building more and more with every week now. As the season goes on, it becomes sharper in your mind and you can't help but start to get excited about it.
Liverpool's strength in the Champions League last season was not conceding goals away from home. Maybe in the league they'll come out a bit more. Winning is more of a necessity for them.
I won't be thinking about the last game, so it won't affect them. They'll reflect on the good results.
We're through. It means everything. We got very close last year but this year we want to go all the way.
I have made lots of mistakes on and off the pitch, and you can only learn from them. If I can get that across, then hopefully I am doing something right.
Scoring goals is the best feeling you can have. I always look up at the stand for my family straight afterwards; it means everything to me that they travel to every game.
There's that talent thing where I can score goals, and there's also that want and ambition to keep doing it and doing it and doing it. I've seen a lot of players do it for a year and then they rest on their laurels, but I've been very driven throughout my career. Without being the most talented, I think I've tried to make the most of it.
People can talk about my age for as long as they like. There is nothing better in football than proving people wrong, and I'll try to do that for as long as I can.
There are obviously great English players in the Premier League, and there have been so many fantastic foreigners too. They have brought such a great aspect to the game, are really enjoyable and exciting to watch, and that is one of the reasons why we have got such an exciting league.
We want to do it as soon as we can. It will be a very tough game and we are not thinking we have won it yet.