Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has dismissed Roy Keane's suggestion that he is judged differently to other managers because he is English.

Keane compared the Chelsea manager's current situation with that of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as he insisted that the Manchester United boss deserved be given more time at Old Trafford.

He said on Sunday: “Frank Lampard has lost eight games, but for some reason, Frank is doing alright, because he is English, I don't know."

Lampard responded: “I don't think being English gives you any sort of a bye from criticism.

“In fact, I've heard quite a lot when I first got this job of writing me off precisely because I'm young and English and only had a year at Derby.

“Certain people were saying you shouldn't give him the job – give it to people who have got experience of doing well in Italy or somewhere else or whatever.

“Fair play to Roy, that conversation with Roy was so quick that a lot was coming out.

“I love watching him talk about football because of how passionate he is and to the point.

“But I don't think I've had any byes for being English and sometimes it feels slightly different.

“I went to Derby with a team in a difficult place and we made a fantastic effort to get promoted. So I don't expect that to be a gauge of whether I should have got the Chelsea job or not.

“All I have to do is do the best possible job I can do here."