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Chelsea manager Frank Lampard is eager for his players to maintain their edge.
His side are 11 games unbeaten and won four matches on the trot before the current international break.
Signings like Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner and Thiago Silva have given Chelsea the look of genuine contenders for Liverpool’s crown, but Lampard refuses to get carried away with their recent success.
He said: “(I am) trying to strike that right balance, because for me a high-performing group or team, it has to be a balance between being really positive but being slightly on edge.
“So it’s like, ‘how positive can I be where I don’t want to sound like I’m just trying to be a cheerleader here and not see that we’ve lost two games on the bounce.’
“I can’t just keep being positive. And when we’re winning and it’s great, how can I keep them on edge, just so they don’t think we’re going to win every game, because I’ve seen that one before many a time and then you lose the next game.
“So I think I try to create that kind of balance and I’m still striving for that. I still think a lot about that and go over it myself.
“I think you do have to keep analysing that one because it’s always different, but I think that’s the thing that I’ve learned, that you can’t neglect that side of it.”