Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has reacted to Frank Lampard’s appointment as Chelsea boss until the end of the season.

Chelsea confirmed on Thursday that Lampard would take charge of the team until the end of the season, with the Blues deciding to wait until the summer to appoint Graham Potter’s permanent replacement.

“We were in touch when he was at Everton,” the Manchester City boss said at his pre-match press conference.

“It is good to see him back, it’s a new opportunity at the club he loves and a new challenge for him.”

On the ruthless nature of the English top-flight after Potter became the 13th Premier League manager to be sacked this season, Guardiola said: “I think that sporting directors and owners make the decision on managers and when to sack them and how it works.

“In this country when I was younger it always had the tradition to keep the managers. What happens today with a lot of pressure for everyone, a lot of investment, in a way I understand there’s a lot of pressure.

“Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. It is what it is, you have to adapt.”