Lampard turns on Todd Boehly with stinging remarks after Chelsea defeat at Arsenal

Frank Lampard has attributed a huge portion of the blame for Chelsea's current problems to the people "behind the scenes" after they fell to yet another defeat against Arsenal. 

 Lampard could only watch on in anguish at the Emirates as Arsenal ent into a three goal lead through Martin Odegaard brace and Gabriel Jesus. Noni Madueke scored after the break, but the game still ended in a 3-1 defeat for the Blues. 

The result leaves Chelsea in 12th in the Premier League table, but they could drop down to 13th if they lose against Bournemouth at the weekend. 

 Despite another poor display, Lampard - who has now lost all of his games since returning to the dugout - defended the players after the match - but he was not complimentary about Todd Boehly and the Blues hierarchy. 

 “Chelsea has been a big success for 20 years but at the moment we aren’t in that position,” Lampard told Sky Sports. 

 “In the time I’ve been here it’s clear to see behind the scenes, on the training ground, the reasons why. If you’re going to be a nice team to play against all the time it doesn’t matter where you go. That won’t change overnight but we better get there quickly. 

“The passive nature of our game you could attribute to many things. The players certainly care. They are low on confidence, but when you play for Chelsea you have to play a certain way even if you are low on confidence. 

 “Whatever it is, it maybe doesn’t even matter because the only thing that will get you out of it is understanding and working hard. The gap was the other way around for many years. 

 After bringing in Lampard as caretaker manager until the end of the campaign, Boehly and co have been working hard behind the scenes to identify the next Chelsea boss. 

 Former Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has emerged as the frontrunner for the vacancy after holding talks with Boehly and the Chelsea board. 

Meanwhile, Pochettino's imminent arrival was given the seal of approval by former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who was analysing Tuesday's game for Sky.

When he was asked if he liked the idea of Pochettino taking charge, the former Spain international replied: “I think so. As you mentioned he had a really good experience with Spurs, developing young players and he took them to a really good level. So why not? It’s just about getting the right person, which is the difficult thing.”