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sport news 'Welcome home, Super Frank!': Lampard's Stamford Bridge homecoming turns nasty ... trends now
sport news 'Welcome home, Super Frank!': Lampard's Stamford Bridge homecoming turns nasty ... trends now

sport news 'Welcome home, Super Frank!': Lampard's Stamford Bridge homecoming turns nasty ... trends now

'Welcome home, Super Frank!': Lampard's Stamford Bridge homecoming turns nasty, as Todd Boehly argues with angry Chelsea fans who vent fury at Raheem Sterling

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A banner unfurled before kick-off to mark Frank Lampard’s Stamford Bridge return read ‘Welcome home Super Frank’.

What followed on another chastening occasion for Chelsea was yet more evidence of how different the club he once knew now is.

Co-owner Todd Boehly, in his executive box, locked in animated and heated conversation with angry fans who wanted answers. Club captain Cesar Azpilicueta reflecting the sense of agitation, leaping from the bench to join Lampard in his technical area and appeal desperately for an early Brighton booking. Cheers ringing out when Raheem Sterling’s number went up as part of a second-half quadruple substitution, some fans rising from their seats to vent their fury as Chelsea’s marquee summer signing reached the dugout.

Before kick-off, Chelsea fans unfurled a 'Welcome Home Super Frank' banner for Lampard

Before kick-off, Chelsea fans unfurled a 'Welcome Home Super Frank' banner for Lampard

A 2-1 defeat to Brighton led some Blues fans to voice their displeasure at owner Todd Boehly

A 2-1 defeat to Brighton led some Blues fans to voice their displeasure at owner Todd Boehly 

Others jeered Raheem Sterling as he was substituted during the game which Brighton bossed

Others jeered Raheem Sterling as he was substituted during the game which Brighton bossed

Then there was the performance. This, as Lampard acknowledged, would not have happened during his first spell in charge, never mind when he was a player.


MATCH STATS 

CHELSEA (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga 8; Chalobah 6.5, Fofana 7 (James 57, 6), Badiashile 6, Chilwell 6; Gallagher 6, Fernandez 5 (Kovacic 57, 6), Zakaria 4 (Mount 74, 6); Pulisic 5 (Ziyech 56, 6), Sterling 4 (Felix 57, 6), Mudryk 7.5.

Scorer: Gallagher 13.

Booked: Gallagher, Chalobah.

Manager: Frank Lampard 6.

BRIGHTON (4-2-3-1): Sanchez 7.5; Veltman 6 (Enciso 28, 8), Dunk 8, Webster 8 (Van Hecke 86), Estupinan 8.5; Gross 8.5, CAICEDO 9; March 7.5, Mac Allister 8.5, Mitoma 8.5; Ferguson 8 (Welbeck 39, 8).

Scorers: Welbeck 42, Enciso 69.

Booked: Veltman, Sanchez.

Manager: Roberto De Zerbi 9.

Referee: Robert Jones 6.5.

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