I’m Disappointed On Werner’s Behalf For The Missed Penalty – Lampard

Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard has come out to defend Kepa Arrizabalaga and Timo Werner after their 3-1 win against Luton in the FA Cup. Frank recently revealed that Kepa saved his team from giving up their lead in the 2nd half, and he was not to blame for Luton’s goal.

According to him, Kepa is a good goalkeeper, and critics should not forget that he is currently not playing regularly to be match fit.

Lampard added that he is dissappointed on Werner’s behalf for the lost penalty, because he was a huge threat in the match.

His words, “Well, on the flipside of that, Kepa makes a really top save in the second half to make sure it doesn’t go to 2-2. It is very easy for people to sort of hone in on that but Kepa is not playing so regularly,”

“He comes in after training well and he is a good goalkeeper and I will certainly give him that one in the first half.

“I am as annoyed that we let someone stand in our box in space and get a shot away when we shouldn’t have done. I think it was a general team moment of complacency with how we were at 2-0 which is not good enough.”

“So, we got back to it very quickly and dominated the game and it made us slightly nervous to not have the two goal league that makes it comfortable. Once we got that back again, which we should have got a lot earlier, then the game was comfortable.”

On Werner, “With Timo I’m disappointed for him. He gave a lot to the performance today. He was a threat behind, his link up with Tammy, his link up with people around him, it’s just one of those things,”

“When it’s not going for you quite, it can happen. I missed penalties, I know the feeling. I know he will feel despondent, maybe now and the last few minutes of the game, but he shouldn’t be.

“It’s my job and his teammates’ job to lift him and he will be fine. It was almost a sign of what’s going on for Timo at the minute, it’s not quite dropping for him, but there will be a time when he takes penalties without thinking about it and hits the back of the net without thinking about it. At the moment that’s not quite the time for Timo, but it will come and hopefully soon.”