Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admits he’s nervous facing FA Cup third round opponents Morecambe.
As the pressure builds on Lampard, he called on his confidence-hit players to be “even more on guard” as they prepare to host League Two Morecambe in the third-round of the FA Cup on Sunday.
He said: “No matter form, team, status, the FA Cup has a magic that’s been there forever which means underdogs will turn up and make it difficult. With our current form, we have to be even more on guard.
“Confidence has been hit with the difficult patch we’ve had. But I’ll pick a team to try to win the game.
“There’s only one way to move on from a lack of confidence and that’s to work hard. You’ve got to sprint out of a lack of confidence.”
Lampard admitted that it has been hard to juggle his big squad, and said that some players are finding the lack of minutes tough.
“When you have a squad as big as we do, there are probably more non-starters than starters. So it’s only human nature that players find that tough,” he added.
