{"id":1102048,"date":"2019-08-16T18:30:48","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T17:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1102048"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:30:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T17:30:48","slug":"chelsea-surprised-pep-guardiola-defeats-man-utd-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/chelsea-surprised-pep-guardiola-defeats-man-utd-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea &#8220;surprised&#8221; Pep Guardiola in defeats to Man Utd and Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed he was surprised with how well Chelsea have been playing under Frank Lampard despite still awaiting a first win this season.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Blues, who are under a two-window transfer ban imposed by Fifa after breaching rules related to signing youth players, started their 2019\/20 campaign at Old Trafford before entertaining Liverpool in Uefa&#8217;s Super Cup final.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7343141-chelsea-can-get-excited-about-n-golo-kante-s-messi-impression<\/p>\n<p>Despite a promising start away to Manchester United, the five-time Premier League champions became the architects of their own downfall in a humbling 4-0 loss to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer&#8217;s men.<\/p>\n<p>They were again on the front-foot against Liverpool, with N&#8217;Golo Kant\u00e9 \u2013 who came on for the final 17 minutes in Manchester \u2013 earning widespread reviews, but they couldn&#8217;t triumph in the penalty shoot-out required after the game ended 2-2.<\/p>\n<p>As much as these defeats were painful for Lampard, who succeeded current Juventus boss Maurizio Sarri in the summer, he can be content with their performances especially as the club&#8217;s record goalscorer is bedding in a number of academy graduates.<\/p>\n<p>Someone watching from afar who has been taken aback with how well they&#8217;ve played is Guardiola, who not long ago managed a Barcelona side which took on a Chelsea team featuring Lampard.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can Raheem Sterling be Top Goalscorer? w\/Jamie Jackson and Sam Lee\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g8-k6cnP3wA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really impressed with how Chelsea played in the games with tough teams in United and Liverpool,&#8221; he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They didn\u2019t win but I was really surprised with how good Frank Lampard&#8217;s team played.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Lampard&#8217;s biggest challenge: Five key things to know\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Frank Lampard is Chelsea&#8217;s all-time record scorer (211 goals).<\/li>\n<li>During a 13-year association with the Blues he lifted three Premier League titles, the Champions League and Europa League among other silverware.<\/li>\n<li>The Englishman retired from playing in 2016 and before turning to management with Derby County in 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Lampard guided the Rams to the Championship play-off final, though they&#8217;d lose 2-0 to Aston Villa.<\/li>\n<li>He&#8217;s the 10th different permanent manager under Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"62c553a6-2252-4d2e-b495-31e52a22ea76\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has revealed he was surprised with how well Chelsea have been playing under Frank Lampard despite still awaiting a first win this season. 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