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Lampard tells Chelsea players: I believe, do you?

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard believes they will finish in the top four this season.

The Blues are currently fourth, but know a loss to Wolves and a Leicester City draw or win against Manchester United would put them in fifth place.

They could not get a point against Liverpool, losing 5-3, meaning their fate goes to the final day of the season.

"They have to embrace that and take it on," Lampard said of the race to finish fourth after the Liverpool game.

"We have a mixture of youth and hopefully that youthfulness can sometimes help but we also have players who have been in situations like this before. It comes with the territory of playing for a top club.

"Also, we should have a feeling of achievement to this point because at the start of the season not many people expected us to be in the top-four race but we now have it in our own hands.

"We are at the Bridge, we have a really strong opponent in Wolves, but it is up to us.

"I have belief in the players. I have seen a lot in the last two games, particularly with Manchester United and then with Liverpool, of what we are about.

"There has been spirit and character in those two performances and we have to carry it on for one more game in the league."

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