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Frank Lampard sets 118-year Chelsea record after Real Madrid defeat.
After Chelsea lost to Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal match, Frank Lampard is now the owner of an unwanted 118-year Chelsea record.
The Blues fell by a score of 2-0 at Stamford Bridge, the same margin by which they had lost in Madrid the week before, and thus were eliminated from this season’s competition as well as from any chance of competing in any kind of European football in 2023/24.
Following the club’s decision to fire Graham Potter less than seven months into the five-year contract he signed when signing from Brighton, Chelsea veteran Lampard was named caretaker manager in early April. However, he has been unable to stop the club’s terrifying slide.
His brief stay, which has coincided with a period of significant fixture overload, has resulted in four straight losses, the first time that has happened to a Chelsea manager in the club’s 118-year history.
Before Real Madrid cruised over Chelsea with a 2-0 victory at the Bernabeu, Lampard’s return to the club began with a 1-0 loss to Wolves. Then Potter’s old team, Brighton, showed up in west London to claim the three points, easily outplaying their opponents in a 2-1 victory.
Although Chelsea gave a better performance in the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal match against Real Madrid on Tuesday, they still lost and have only scored one goal since Lampard returned to the bench.
Many Chelsea supporters embraced Lampard’s return as an interim manager because of his legendary position there.
However, factoring at the end of his spell as Everton’s manager, the numbers don’t make for pretty reading. His last 17 games – including this short Chelsea return – have spawned 14 defeats and the concession of 38 goals. In that time, Lampard’s teams have only scored eight times.
His overall career win percentage is currently 42.3%, with his first stint at Chelsea producing some of his best managerial performances to date.
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Team |
Tenure |
Played / Won / Lost |
Win % |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Derby County |
May 2018 – July 2019 |
57 / 24 / 16 |
42.1 |
|
Chelsea |
July 2019 – January 2021 |
84 / 44 / 17 / 23 |
52.4 |
|
Everton |
January 2022 – January 2023 |
44 / 12 / 8 / 24 |
27.3 |
|
Chelsea (caretaker) |
April 2023 – present |
4 / 0 / 4 |
0.0 |