Source: Team_Talk
We've had to dig in - Lampard
Frank Lampard believes winning the Premier League this year would rank alongside the titles Chelsea won during the Jose Mourinho era.[LNB] Chelsea head into the final game of the season on Sunday one point clear of Manchester United and knowing victory over Wigan Athletic would end a four-year wait to be crowned champions.[LNB]The Blues had been back-to-back title winners under former manager Mourinho and Lampard is hoping the team can lift the trophy in front of their own fans.[LNB]However, after losing to Wigan away from home earlier in the campaign, the free-scoring midfielder is adamant Chelsea are not going to be taking three points for granted.[LNB]Peaks and troughs[LNB]"It's been a season of peaks and troughs and that will give us just as nice a feeling as the other two titles," said Lampard. "To win it with Mourinho, especially the first year, was amazing. [LNB]"But this one, with the ups and downs, the need to dig in, the low points of the season at times and the togetherness we needed, then just to be within touching distance of it is a nice feeling. [LNB]"To actually go and do it after all the ups and downs of the year will be great. We'd have taken going into the last game being top and needing to win it to win the league. [LNB]"What's happened means we won't take it for granted even now. Wigan have beaten us this season, and if you relax and think 'we're there', it can bite you on the bum." [LNB]Lampard also believes that the cockiness that was a characteristic of Mourinho's time in charge at Stamford Bridge has come to the fore again in recent weeks.[LNB]He added: "In this last bit of the season we certainly have done that. We have to believe in ourselves. [LNB]"There's a real lot of talent in this squad, a real load of ability and you have to walk out with a bit of cockiness. [LNB]"That is what the best teams have always done over the years. Maybe there have been times when we've gone back into our shells and not been together quite as much over the past couple of seasons. But we've certainly got our house in order over the past two months. [LNB]"We've got two games to win the Double - that's not bad! It will be historic, great for the club and the fans. [LNB]"These last three years we've won FA Cups and stuff, but it has been frustrating to see Manchester United dominating and that's why there's a real determination this year."
