Ex-Chelsea star Joe Cole is in support of Frank Lampard playing down the Blues’ chances of winning the Premier League title.
Joe Cole believes Frank Lampard made the right call by dismissing notions that Chelsea have the best squad in the Premier League.
Jurgen Klopp made those comments in a bid to praise the Blues’ squad depth and even went on to tag them as ‘title contenders’.
However, Lampard saw his Chelsea side suffer a defeat to Everton on Saturday night. That loss saw their unbeaten run of 17 games in all competitions come to an end.
Speaking after the game, the Blues boss was quick to dismiss those claims made by the Liverpool boss.
Former Chelsea star and a teammate of Lampard in Joe Cole has now backed the Blues boss for dampening the ‘expectations’ at the moment.
“They found it tough and it’s right what he says about (Edouard) Mendy,” Cole said as per talkSPORT.
“He has been faultless since he has come in, he made half a mistake last week and he has made a mistake this week, but it’s not a problem.”
“Chelsea are somewhere in the middle. The way the league is set up, no one is running away with it – this is a bump in the mood road for Chelsea and there will be a bump in the road for Liverpool, for Tottenham, but he (Lampard) is still right to dampen the mood a little bit.”
“I saw Jurgen Klopp named them (Chelsea) title contenders in his press conference last week, but I think Jurgen has been a bit smart. Chelsea will have days like this.”
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