Furious Frank Lampard blasts his stars after Chelsea victory over Leicester City

Frank Lampard laid into “lucky” Chelsea for producing one of the worst performances of his managerial reign against Leicester.

Ross Barkley was brought on for the second half and scored the game’s only goal as Chelsea progressed to the semi-finals to set up a mouth-watering clash with Manchester United.

Lampard was however furious with how his side played in the opening 45 minutes and hooked off Reece James, Mason Mount and the subdued Billy Gilmour at half-time.

The Chelsea boss told BT Sport that: “I could have made seven or eight subs at half time. We got lucky. If we turn up like that again we have no chance. It was the worst we’ve played since I’ve been here.

“The first half was not what we are used to in terms of our performance. We lacked urgency and intensity. I made three subs but it could have been more and different subs.

“I don’t think we have played that badly this season for 45 minutes. We have played better than that and lost games. I wasn’t happy with that and we were lucky not to be losing at half-time. But I made the changes I did for impact and personality and we turned it around.

“I could have made different changes but Mason Mount had played two tough games and Billy Gilmour and Reece James had not played much. They will be top players for this club no matter what and they will have top careers.

“I spoke to them at half-time and at the end. It does happen in football and I will happily speak to them about it. It was a lethargic performance from the whole team and I will say that to them no problem. They will be big players and we move on.”

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