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​Chelsea boss Lampard eager to distance himself from former boss Mourinho

Chelsea head coach Frank Lampard insists he does not want to be a "clone" of former manager Jose Mourinho, reports SkySports.

Lampard won two Premier League titles at Chelsea as a player under the new Tottenham boss Mourinho and comes up against him for the second time as a manager on Sunday.

Lampard said: "He was a good manager, with loads of good attributes, but I wouldn't try to be a clone of anything.

"I'm happy to go up against Jose. To go up against him last year for Derby against Manchester United was a big deal for me, and that remains I'll always have respect for him.

"But the bigger thing is Chelsea-Tottenham and what that rivalry means, what it should mean to our players and us, because that's the beauty of football."

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