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Chelsea boss Lampard admits mixed emotions after Bournemouth draw

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard admits mixed emotions after their 2-2 draw at Bournemouth.

A stirring comeback early in the second half saw the Cherries cancel out Marcos Alonso's opener and take the lead thanks to goals from Jefferson Lerma and Joshua King.

But following a sustained spell of pressure from the visitors, Alonso headed his and their second goal with five minutes remaining to earn the Blues a share of the spoils.

"'It's possibly mixed emotions," Lampard said.

"You can be happy with the reaction and the fact that we score to draw but over the whole game I think we should win it. We started slow but then when we got to grips with it, all we had to do was play the simple pass, move it quickly and they would struggle with our wing-backs and struggle to get to our centre-halves.

"We kept coming away from it but generally we controlled the game in the first half. We could have gone 2-0 up in the second half early on but don't take that chance.

"For the set-piece, you have to credit the jump sometimes because it was a great leap but our reaction after that wasn't tough or instant enough, and the second goal I didn't like at all.

"At half-time we were very aware of what could happen. Eddie Howe is a fantastic manager so they were always going to come out with more aggression in the way they pressed and got after us because we were very comfortable. It's frustrating when you say that a lot at half-time and then that happens in the second half."

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