Frank Lampard gives Luiz Felipe Scolari reason for Chelsea cheer

19 January 2009 12:06
The England midfielder scored a last-minute volley to give Scolari a much-needed win that kept Chelsea in the top three.[LNB]Lampard's goal sparked a frenzied run towards the Scolari in the technical area before being joined by the whole team.[LNB]"We are all behind him,'' said Lampard. "It is difficult when people keep try to say things to split things up.[LNB]"The manager first of all is a very good man and he has been a very successful manager for a long time.[LNB]"Hopefully that success is going to come here. The last month has been difficult. We're in a moment where we make one mistake in a game and we are punished every time.[LNB]"We have had countless chances, but keepers are making amazing saves. It's one of those moments. We can only get through them together, we are all in it together and I think it showed.[LNB]Lampard also sounded out the recent defeat at Old Trafford as the perfect wake-up call to reignite their Premier League title challenge.[LNB]"At Man United we knew we didn't play anywhere near as well as we should have done. We underperformed and everyone went to town on us. But you have to be big enough to handle things like that at Chelsea and as a group we showed a lot of spirit and with the celebrations at the end.[LNB]"We deserved to win the game (Stoke). It was another day where we dominated but couldn't score and they scored from one chance.[LNB]"You got the bad feeling that we were going to drop points again, but it was a bit different. The character and team spirit we showed shone through in the end and we got what we deserved.''[LNB]Chelsea are still in the title hunt but have lost Joe Cole for the rest of the campaign with knee ligament damage.[LNB]

Source: Telegraph