England midfielder reflects on his glittering 17-year Barclays Premier League career
- Frank Lampard finally won a UEFA Champions League winner's medal last season
The start to Frank Lampard's 18th season in the Barclays Premier League could hardly have been better as the Chelsea midfielder converted a penalty in his side's 2-0 victory at Wigan Athletic on Sunday.
The 34-year-old is the highest-scoring midfielder in the competition's history, the only player to have managed double figures in goals in nine consecutive seasons and last season he became one of only six players to have passed 500 Premier League appearances.
Lampard is set to make his 523rd League appearance this evening at home to Reading as Chelsea look to build on their winning start to the campaign and attempt to add to the three League titles Lampard has helped them win.
"All the way down the League teams are improving and have something to fight for"
Frank Lampard
The England international's 2011/12 season was bookended with trophies. He won the Barclays Asia Trophy with Chelsea in July 2011, before lifting The FA Cup in May and then adding the one major club honour missing from his collection: a UEFA Champions League winner's medal.
Speaking exclusively before the start of the 2012/13 season the 34-year-old looked back on the drama of last season's campaign and modestly reflected on his legendary status in Premier League history.
He reveals how Chelsea became united to become European champions and how he almost left these shores to play abroad.
No comments:
Post a Comment