Lampard: We're Not Worried by the Critics ; Midfielder Says 'Hated' Chelsea Can Handle Jibes

Evening Standard - London (August 12, 2005)

Author: Leo Spall

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THE PREMIERSHIP has not yet started but Chelsea are already having a laugh at Arsenal's expense. For all that Arsene Wenger's taunts may have grated on Sir Alex Ferguson over the years, his mind games have provoked a very different reaction at Stamford Bridge.

After the Community Shield, the Frenchman commented on the long- ball game adopted by Jose Mourinho's side to win the season curtain- raiser.

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Lampard: We're Not Worried by the Critics ; Midfielder Says 'Hated' Chelsea Can Handle Jibes

But Chelsea's players thought Wenger's attempt to claim the moral high ground by praising Arsenal's unsuccessful 'technical' approach to the...

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