Hutton hails Lampard quality

07 August 2011 13:48
Kyle Hutton heralded Frank Lampard as a Premier League great following Chelsea's 3-1 friendly win over Rangers at Ibrox on Saturday.[LNB] Chelsea had familiar names such as Fernando Torres, John Terry, Salomon Kalou and Ashley Cole in their starting line-up, while their bench included Florent Malouda, Didier Drogba, Nicolas Anelka and Yossi Benayoun, all of whom came on to show their skills.[LNB]However, it was Lampard who impressed Hutton on a day when Rangers boss Ally McCoist gave chances to a number of his young players.[LNB]"It was brilliant," Hutton said.[LNB]"Frank Lampard is one of the greatest players to ever play in the Premiership. It's not often you get a chance to play against players like that and teams like that.[LNB]"In relation to SPL teams, their touch is better, their movement is quicker, they are more clever, they know where to be, they play at a high tempo and pass the ball quicker.[LNB]"It was amazing. It was just a friendly but you always take something from every game and it's always good to set yourself a challenge.[LNB]"We started well but a lapse of concentration led to Chelsea scoring and as the gaffer said afterwards, we are losing pretty poor goals.[LNB]"But all in all, I thought we did okay."[LNB]The gap in quality between the Stamford Bridge side and the Scottish champions was clear.[LNB]Nikica Jelavic headed Rangers into the lead after six minutes but only succeeded in riling Chelsea, who struck back with a Daniel Sturridge double before the break.[LNB]Malouda, one of the many substitutes used by both sides, grabbed number three with a close-range header in the 72nd minute after being set up by Drogba.[LNB]Rangers substitute goalkeeper Neil Alexander, on for Allan McGregor at the interval, saved Lampard's penalty two minutes later to keep the scoreline respectable.[LNB]Hutton, who made his Rangers debut a year ago, was one of the pluses for the SPL team and he has targeted this season as one where he pins down a regular place in McCoist's side.[LNB]"This was my first involvement of the season," he said.[LNB]"I just have to work hard, keep my head down and be ready to take my chance if I get it.[LNB]"I was breaking into the team last year but I am more mature now and I need to show what I can do when I get the chance."[LNB]Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas met up with McCoist again having previously been on coaching courses at Largs with the new Rangers manager.[LNB]He tried to allay any fears Gers fans may have after watching their side comfortably beaten at the end of a week in which they exited the Champions League qualifiers to Swedish side Malmo.[LNB]"Rangers are one of the top teams in Europe and in Scotland they have the record of most titles which does a lot for the prestige of the club," said Villa-Boas.[LNB]"Ally is building on from where Walter (Smith) has left and hopefully he can be successful.[LNB]"The national title will be the main objective for Rangers and I'm sure they are on the right course."

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