Former Chelsea boss, Frank Lampard, has said he believes in the ability of Mauricio Pochettino to turn things around at Stamford Bridge.
Lampard was briefly in charge of Chelsea after the sacking of Graham Potter, being his second stint as the club manager.
Chelsea finished 12th-placed in the Premier League last season and has had a poor start this term.
“I’m not surprised by some of the difficulties having lived it first hand at the end of last season,” Lampard told Sky Sports.
“I came into a club where it had been eight months of poor results under top managers.
“I could see the issues with confidence and maybe some motivation amongst the squad.
“It was such a big squad, unprecedented numbers, and some felt their time was up at Chelsea or that the club was trying to move them on. I lived that feeling.
“I think [Pochettino] will get patience and I think he deserves it. He’s a man that comes with a big pedigree as a coach and I’ve already referenced some of the issues I felt and saw and he’ll have his own version of that.
“We all want to perform as well as we can and he needs time. As a coach, I know xG is an indicator of sorts.
“When you get in attacking areas, you are, as a coach, sometimes reliant on finishing and your players.
“So he will be frustrated with that because that’s what gets you a good start going into that run of games, which breeds confidence.
“It just generates a sort of negativity in games and even if you are controlling possession and having fair chances and start to miss them, there’s a feeling among the fans, a feeling among the players that if you don’t score, it becomes more tense.
“Then the other team scores and that becomes a recurring thing, so they are going to have to break that.”
