Chelsea assistant manager Jody Morris feels the club has transformed it's reputation this season.

Morris believes manager Frank Lampard's focus on youth has changed perceptions of rival fans.

He explained to chelseafc.com: "We're almost becoming a lot of people's favourite second team now because of the amount of young English players that have been getting opportunities.

"I've always been a massive advocate for playing young players but they have to be good enough, they have to pull their weight and be professional, they have to want to play for Chelsea and put the hard hours in.

"If you have an Academy like ours, why would you not look at the ones that are good enough? Thankfully, the way we raise the young players here, they've come over and wanted to grab their opportunities, hence why there have been so many debuts and so many minutes given to the homegrown players this season."