Mikel Arteta hopes Frank Lampard is given time at Chelsea as Premier League managers continue to deal with the challenges posed by the바카라 웹사이트ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (More Football News)
Chelsea's recent run of form has piled the pressure on Frank Lampard, though he has received support from an unlikely ally
Mikel Arteta hopes Frank Lampard is given time at Chelsea as Premier League managers continue to deal with the challenges posed by the바카라 웹사이트ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (More Football News)
Chelsea went top of the바카라 웹사이트table with a 3-1 triumph over Leeds United on December 5 but have collected just seven points in their eight games since then.바카라 웹사이트
The worrying run included a 3-1 defeat away to Arteta's Arsenal on Boxing Day, a result that ended a seven-match streak without a win for the Gunners in the top flight.바카라 웹사이트
Lampard insisted on Friday he does not pay any attention to speculation over his future at Stamford Bridge and has now received support from바카라 웹사이트the man in charge of a바카라 웹사이트rival club.바카라 웹사이트
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"He's바카라 웹사이트done some really good things, but you need time and if there's바카라 웹사이트something we haven't had in this calendar year, it's time to work on anything."
Arteta, who바카라 웹사이트found his own position in the spotlight during Arsenal's struggles earlier in the campaign,바카라 웹사이트feels clubs will benefit in the long run if they show some patience.바카라 웹사이트
"Fortunately, if [clubs] see what you're trying to do is going to have rewards in the future and they are a little bit patient, most of the time it pays off, if everybody is convinced that we are doing things the right way," the Spaniard said.바카라 웹사이트
"I speak with a lot of managers and some of them have been in the game for over 30 years, and they said,바카라 웹사이트'I never experienced something like that'. This is a new game, new rules. There are so many things we cannot control. It's out of our hands in a lot of moments.바카라 웹사이트
"I listen a lot to that because we tend to put more and more pressure and demand a lot of ourselves. It's바카라 웹사이트a very strange league this season, and you can see that in many teams."
Holders Arsenal continue their FA Cup defence on Saturday when they travel to Southampton.
All four previous meetings between the teams in the competition have ended with Arsenal victorious; they also went on to win the trophy on three occasions, in 1979, 2003 and 2017.
Southampton have won just one of their previous바카라 웹사이트nine meetings with Arsenal in all competitions, a바카라 웹사이트3-2 league victory in December 2018.