adminLONDON. — Sacking manager Jose Mourinho midway through the season will serve no purpose, former Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard has said. Chelsea suffered their ninth English Premier League soccer defeat of the season at Leicester City on Monday night and slumped to 16th place in the table, a point above the relegation zone, raising fresh speculation about Mourinho’s future.
However, Lampard said the club’s owner, Roman Abramovich, should keep faith with Mourinho instead of changing managers in the middle of the campaign.
“Why make a rash change that can’t really affect the year that much and then see where we are at the end of the year,” Lampard told Sky Sports.
“They are probably not going to make the top four anyway or the top six. They’re not going to get relegated I think if we are honest so I’m sure there’s a view from Roman Abramovich to say, ‘Hang on, let’s see what happens at the end of the season’.
“I have to say what they set out to do when Jose Mourinho came back was to have a long-term plan. What can they gain by getting rid of him now?”
Meanwhile, Diego Costa appeared to accuse his Chelsea teammates of falling asleep during the Blues’ 2-1 loss to Leicester on Monday night.
Jose Mourinho’s side suffered their ninth English Premier League defeat of the season at the King Power Stadium, a result which leaves them just one point clear of the relegation zone.
And Costa gave further credence to claims that all is not well in the Chelsea camp with a gesture he made during the first-half of the match.
He put his hands together and rested his face on them, appearing to tell defenders that they had fallen asleep to allow Jamie Vardy to score the opening goal of the game.
His gesture didn’t impress Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher, who slammed the striker’s actions on Monday Night Football. — Reuters.
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