Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has singled out three of his players in the 2-0 defeat to Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

The west London club were reduced to 10 men when Andreas Christensen fouled Liverpool forward Sadio Mane who netted a brace for the Premier League champions.

Despite the home defeat, Lampard identified Reece James, Kurt Zouma and Fikayo Tomori for their roles in the Blues defence.

His words: “There were a lot of things I was happy about with our defensive game. I wanted us to be better on the ball. We showed moments on the counter-attack where we were dangerous, Timo had a couple of good opportunities but to limit them to the chances they got in the first half, there were a lot of things I was pleased about.”

“I’m disappointed to lose three points as you always will and should be but I’m actually happier today in many ways than I was at Brighton. I saw spirit, desire to defend by a lot of our defenders – Reece James, Kurt Zouma, Fikayo Tomori when he came on.”

“The midfield were giving everything to block gaps and you play half a game with 10 men, you don’t make that mistake for the second goal, you score the penalty – then it’s 1-1. I know that’s not football and I can’t reflect on that but those are the realities. The players should take heart, it’s how we go forward from here now.”

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