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Chelsea boss Frank Lampard insists Chelsea have progressed this season as we are closer to the top than we were last year.

Lampard said: “The confidence has to remain because we were playing very well and the table is very tight at the top level.

“We are much closer than we were to the top last year. We just need to remind ourselves of the great things we were doing before these two games.

“Part of where our progression is that where we have some younger players and newer players, and I think as times goes on, they will definitely get stronger in those moments. That’s why you have to take lessons from things like the other night when we lose.

“Personality is very hard to measure. I just think with a group that has been together for a long time and maybe suffered some tough moments and failures.”