Lampard picks out one player who sets the standard at Chelsea

Frank Lampard has hailed “amazing” captain Cesar Azpilicueta for setting the standard at Chelsea this year. Azpilicueta has featured at right-back, left-back and in central defence at Stamford Bridge. Lampard’s Blues sealed a fourth-place Premier League finish and Champions League qualification. The 30-year-old will now lead Chelsea into Saturday’s FA Cup final against Arsenal, looking for a seventh major winners’ medal with the Blues. “To coach and manage a player you have played with is a very different situation, but it has been easy with Azpi because of the way he has been,” said Lampard. “His level of performance and impact on the group as captain, I can’t understate it. It has been amazing. His performances for a huge part of the season, his attitude, his application every single day; it is an absolute standard for any young player. “He is an epitome of the club. The unfortunate thing for us, and everyone, is that we don’t have our fans in the stadium. Because when you have a player like Azpi, he is the one fans look at and say ‘look at that, that’s how we feel about Chelsea Football Club’. He is that, and he is a captain for that reason.” Source: football365