‘At the moment we don’t have enough of that’ – Frank Lampard wants Chelsea players to be like this Chelsea star

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Chelsea interim manager Frank Lampard has insisted Chelsea players need to emulate Raheem Sterling and be more clinical in front of goal.

Sterling scored twice as Chelsea drew 2-2 draw to Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

“Raheem’s a player that has the credit in the bank, he’s been a regular scorer in the Premier League and for his country,” said Lampard.

“To see him score there (the first goal) was Raheem. Arriving for a cross, and then individual brilliance to score the (second) goal. I’m very happy for him. It’s what we need across the top end of the pitch.

“Raheem has done it and he’s produced it again. If you’re going to win games when you have 76 per cent possession, you need to be killers at the top end of the pitch, and Raheem is proven to be that. At the moment we don’t have enough of that.”

Lampard added: “What pleased me was not so much the week’s training, it was more the idea of what the plan is before the game that we were going to have a lot of ball in their half, so we have to be really dynamic to move their back five, we have to make sure our counter-press positions are good, which they are to be fair.

“What displeased me was that in the first half we didn’t do it with enough urgency to break the back five; sideways, safe. Then in the second half when we did, we underlapped them and get a goal and we showed urgency in our running forward and we get another goal.”