Late goals from Benoit Badiashile and Joao Felix earned Chelsea and Frank Lampard a hard-fought 3-1 win over Bournemouth today, May 5. Despite Conor Gallagher’s early opening goal, it was not at all easy for the Blues as Bournemouth pulled level through a spectacular Matias Vina strike. The game was evenly poised heading into the final 10 minutes until substitutes Hakim Ziyech, Raheem Sterling, and Felix made the difference to give Lampard his first win in seven games since returning to Chelsea as an interim coach following the sack of Graham Potter last month. 
Benoit Badiashile and Joao Felix scored for Chelsea in the last 10 minutes, pushing the London club to 42 points on the Premier League table. O’Neil’s Bournemouth will travel to Crystal Palace next, while Chelsea will host Nottingham Forest.
Andre Wisdom, a former Liverpool defender has brutally tackled Chelsea’s interim manager Frank Lampard whom he played under at Derby County. Speaking during an interview with The Beautiful Game Podcast, Andre who recalled a personal experience with Lampard claimed that he has a “poor management style”. He said; “I’ve had one manager scream at me and it was Lampard. We got smashed by, 4-0 I think, and I said some comments after the game and then he just went in. But it was nothing to do really with football, it was more about me as a person which was very strange to me. “He said some things that were just very strange. For instance, when someone says “I’m not scared of you. He said I walked slow, he said I bully people. “Anybody you could ask, I know it might sound a bit egotistical, but they’ll say no Andre is cool. I’ve never once even raised my voice at anyone. Don’t play with me. Do not. Don’t. But bully is different. 
“I’ll talk to you by yourself over there. That’s my type. But in front of people, why do that? You’re going to react then we have a problem. I’m not all the things he said, so it was weird. “My experience it was weird, it was very, very weird. It didn’t feel like I was at football, and I think what kind of threw me was the fact that it was Frank Lampard. “I don’t want you to misinterpret it like I was in awe… far from. Far from. I think I expected something that I wasn’t getting. I expected more from him as a man.” Lampard returned to Stamford Bridge as the interim manager last month after the club sacked Graham Potter. However, the Chelsea legend has had a torrid start to his second stint as manager after losing all six matches in charge. 
“He was welcomed back in the best way possible, because he’s Mr. Frank Lampard. He’s a club legend. He told us to get our confidence back, and play simple football again. To get back to the basics, really. His words moved us all, because it’s what we needed, to get our confidence back. And to realise that we’re fighting for a club. We’re fighting for a great club.” On if they’ll be able to defeat Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semi-final match against the Spanish giants, Fofana added; “Chelsea have already done it after a difficult season before, with a new coach arriving. “They won it in 2021. So I think it’s possible, it’s in the club’s DNA. We’ve had a bad season, we know that. Now it’s up to us to show what we’re capable of. There is quality in this squad.” 
