‘It didn’t affect me’: Frank Lampard insists he was ‘not surprised’ by Jose Mourinho’s claim that ‘some Chelsea players are diving’ when Tottenham boss Harry Kane defended and won a penalty against Brighton last weekend
- Harry Kane has come under fire in a few quarters after winning a penalty last weekend
- Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho defended his player decisively in the following period
- Mourinho also noted that players from other teams were more likely to dive
- Chelsea boss Frank Lampard said the comments didn’t bother him
Frank Lampard said he was “not surprised” when Jose Mourinho referred to “some Chelsea players” to win penalties this week.
Tottenham boss Mourinho spoke in defense of star Harry Kane after he controversially won a penalty against Brighton in the 2-1 win last weekend.
But Chelsea manager Lampard, who had already closed his horns with his former Portuguese coach during an EFL Cup tie in September, defended his players and insisted that the criticism “did not affect him”.
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard insists he is unaffected by Jose Mourinho’s comments this week
Spurs boss Mourinho defended star Harry Kane after winning a penalty against Brighton
Lampard replied after Mourinho’s comments: ‘Kane? I think you are confused
“You could be talking about some Manchester United players, some Man City players, some Liverpool players, some Chelsea players.”
However, ahead of Sheffield United’s clash on Saturday, the Chelsea manager said: “These comments did not surprise me.
Lampard says he was “not surprised” when Mourinho turned up “some Chelsea players”
‘There have not been any cases of diving at Chelsea that I have seen this season.
“But I wasn’t surprised, no. I think it is very normal for managers in and around the challenging clubs to sometimes mention others with these statements. It didn’t affect me.
“I’m not going to tell Jose or any other manager how to hold a press conference.
“I think we all know when we look at these penal decisions, we know what penalties are, which dives, which skilfully bought. I don’t want to go into that any further. ‘
Timo Werner took over the cloak of the penalty shoot-out and scored twice on Wednesday
In fact, Chelsea already had eight penalties this season, but Lampard insisted that none of them were there to dive.
The Chelsea boss changed his penalty last week. In the summer, Timo Werner took over Jorginho after the midfielder had missed twice in a row.
The German striker converted two free kicks for Chelsea in Wednesday’s 3-0 win against Rennes in the Champions League.
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