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Lampard hails best season

20 May 2009 - 15:57:30

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Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard believes this season has been his best due to his maturity as a player.

Lampard, 30, has scored 19 goals for the Blues - 12 of which have come in the Premier League - and the England midfielder was described as "exceptional" by Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson at the weekend.

"This has been my best season. I feel that, maybe from experience, I'm a bit more aware of things," he told Chelsea Magazine.

"My assists this year have been higher and I've been more aware of how and when to put people in.

"For me it's not hard to keep driven because I want to succeed in football. I'm driven to stay at the top for a long time and to get even better.

"Complacency for me is not a problem. Some people might find it hard to avoid, but I don't.

"You can learn with age. It's why a lot of players who think about the game experience better years during their 30s because they're wanting to improve all the time."

Meanwhile, Lampard has set his sights on ending a personally successful season with silverware via victory over Everton in the FA Cup Final.

He added: "I don't feel any pressure from the outside to do well in the FA Cup. I feel we have an inner pride to try to do well in it.

"It's a great competition and how it feels to win it is evident. Everyone knows that and we have had great success in it."