Former Manchester City and Newcastle United goalkeeper Shay Given believes Frank Lampard’s starting XI in the 2-0 defeat to Brentford was negative.

Given told BBC: “Chelsea looked poor. They made changes at half time to freshen it up because the starting XI looked a bit negative and they did look better in the second half.

“It seems a bit of a mess with what’s happening off the pitch and talk in the media that Pochettino could be in by the end of the week. Where does that leave Frank [Lampard]? Where does that leave the players? It causes confusion and the players don’t know where they stand. The owner has to take a bit of the blame too.”