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Chelsea boss Lampard raps players: Basic errors; no killer instinct

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard was upset with his players after their 2-2 draw with Arsenal.

Arsenal overcame David Luiz's dismissal and twice going behind to draw 2-2.

Lampard lamented, "I am disappointed given the situation of the game. We completely deserved to go 1-0 up.

"For a little bit after that we were getting used to them with 10 men.

"But we created enough chances in the second half, it was just the same old story, we couldn't take them.

"In football basic errors can cost you points."

He continued: "I'm not a massive believer in looking at the age. Do we have to have a better shot conversion, yes. I have spoken about that a lot. You can't say we will definitely sign a striker this month but we are looking because there is a fine line in football. If you don't score enough goals then you won't win enough games.

"It's a tough run coming up. It's frustrating because you can't say we played terribly.

"That's just as important though. We have to get that right. I am pleased to be fourth but we should have a lot more points with the way we have been playing."

Lampard also said, "When gameday comes you have to have the killer instinct. We've not got that at the moment. We might be a bit young and a bit of transition about us but we have to have that quality. It's nothing on the crowd, that's about us."

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