Source: Daily_Mail
Please let's not draw Liverpool again, pleads Chelsea star Lampard
Frank Lampard wants to avoid Liverpool in the Champions League quarter-final draw next week, saying he is 'fed up' with facing the Merseysiders.[LNB]Chelsea[LNB]have played Liverpool a staggering 22 times in the Premier League, Champions League, Carling Cup, FA Cup and Community Shield over the past five seasons and admit they are over-familiar.[LNB]Guus Hiddink's improving team progressed to the last eight with a 3-2 aggregatevictory over Juventus on Tuesday and Liverpool are there after their 5-0 aggregatewin over Real Madrid.[LNB] Frank Lampard celebrates after Chelsea beat Juventus to reach the quarter-finals of the European Cup[LNB]Lampard said: 'Maybe Liverpool won't want to play us, but to be honest we are all a little bit fed up with that one. If fate says it should happen then so be it, but I think we would all be happy to avoid it.[LNB]'When you look around at who is left in the competition there is not one team youwould say you fancy playing. We know that whoever we get in the draw will be strongand we will have to perform to go through.'[LNB]Chelsea beat Liverpool in last season's Champions League semi-final, winning athrilling game at Stamford Bridge 3-2 before they were beaten on penalties by Manchester United in the Moscow final.[LNB]Lampard claims English teams deserve more credit for muscling in on the Spanish-Italian duopoly.[LNB]He added: 'We should be proud to go through, but people perhaps don't give English teams the praise they deserve.[LNB] Frank Lampard will hope to go one better than last season after Chelsea lost out to Manchester United in heartbreaking fashion in last May's Moscow final[LNB]'If you ask Italian and Spanish sides, they respect our game and the style of it, with our pace and our passion. They find it hard to handle.[LNB]'There was probably a time a few years ago when English teams were a bit more naive when we played the likes of Juventus and that was why we didn't always havesuccess.[LNB]'Now there is much more tactical awareness. It is not all about being strong andhaving tempo. It is about being clever with the way the team plays.[LNB]'It is clear all English sides now have those qualities. You can see that from theresults we have had in the last five years.'[LNB] 'Russian Ronaldinho' a step closer to joining Chelsea following Moscow talks with Abramovich[LNB]No-go Guus! Russian FA chief insists Hiddink will NOT be Chelsea boss next season[LNB]Agent tells Barcelona Chelsea star Cech is at Stamford Bridge for keeps[LNB]CHELSEA FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NET[LNB][LNB] [LNB]
