Cesar Azpilicueta says Chelsea must take responsibility to improve on last season.

With new manager Frank Lampard, Azpilicueta hopes the Blues can harness their excitement to build on their third-placed finish in the 2018/19 campaign.

"He was here for a very long and very successful period, and always set an example: how he wanted to break every record or improve himself in every session," Azpilicueta said.

"We have to be grateful and feel the passion for the shirt. We are very excited and the only way we can carry it on is by winning together, getting the feeling back of being all together as a club.

"We have to take responsibility and know that there are a lot of things [going on] around us, but we have to work hard to get better."