Chelsea boss Frank Lampard says Carney Chukwuemeka will get more minutes before the end of the season.

Lampard blocked the midfielder from joining England's U20 World Cup squad last week and gave him a late chance as substitute in defeat at Manchester City on Sunday.

He said, "Yeah, I was a player for 20 years, it didn't go my way every time. When you're a young player you have to wait your time or there are moments where you just have to understand. There's a lot going on with Carney where he's been here: I'm not the first manager he hasn't got loads of minutes under. It's been a season like that for him. I want to get him minutes because he's not going to the World Cup but I have to think about my job.

"I thought he did well when he came on, I know it's 10, 15 minutes. He will get more minutes I hope in these next two games coming up then he may go to a World Cup after that and next season he can be a fantastic player going forward if he does all of the things he needs to do. I liked his performance.

"I said the other day, it's a shame he couldn't go away in a way. He's a Chelsea player and we need him. He understood that well."