Frank Lampard has warned Chelsea he expects an even tougher encounter with Ajax than they faced in Amsterdam. The Blues registered arguably their finest result under Lampard when they beat last season’s Champions League semi-finalists 1-0 last month. However, Lampard said: “I wouldn’t like to say that until that foot is officially in the next round. “I said at the start that this group would be tight because all the teams could take points off each other. We wanted to prove ourselves, we wanted to go to Ajax and Lille and get results, and we did.

Source: Irish Examiner November 04, 2019 16:30 UTC