Frank Lampard probably had something in common with all Chelsea followers when he saw it was Gary Cahill that suffered an unfortunate injury to open the way for his former team to go ahead in our win at Crystal Palace.
Such was the career our ex-captain enjoyed when at Stamford Bridge that no one would have wished a hamstring pull like that on him at that moment, but his current side still managed to make it tough for his old one after he went off and they went 1-0 down, with the game ending 3-2 in Chelsea’s favour.
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‘For sure I have sympathy, because I know Gary, we are friends, and you could see straightway that it was a bad injury the way he went down,’ said Lampard after the game.
‘But then we had to play on and finish the action, no one is kicking the ball out in that situation. It is not one of those but you obviously feel sorry for Gary on an individual note. I know for head injuries the game would always stop but for injuries like that it doesn’t stop. That is pretty clear.
‘Any team would continue in that situation. Willian is through on goal. If that wasn’t the situation the game would be stop-start all the time. That is why we give the referee the decision.’
