Frank Lampard bemoaned the repetitive nature of Chelsea's mistakes this season after his side's defeat to West Ham at the London Stadium.
An 89th-minute strike from Andriy Yarmolenko saw the Blues throw away the chance to overtake Leicester and move up to third in the Premier League table after the Foxes' defeat to Everton earlier on Wednesday.
The 3-2 reverse saw Lampard rue his side's lack of concentration and the Blues boss challenged his players to step up mentally in similar fixtures in the future.
'It's been a good season but there have been so many of these moments,' he told Sky Sports.
'We had an opportunity today to go third but you have to do every part of the game to get results. If you switch off or make one or two errors then you will encourage teams. Players have to show an extra mentality to get through these games.
'I get to see this group closely and I've seen us play great games then have moments where there's the opportunity to capitalise and that's the difference at the moment. We have work to do.'
Lampard was however keen to put the result in perspective of the whole season which has seen the Blues remain in the driving seat to secure Champions League.
But the former West Ham and Chelsea midfielder also admitted that his squad cannot look beyond the fact that it was ultimately a match they should have won.
'There's without a doubt a good group of players in there but then when you analyse the consistency, you feel a game like this is coming. Again, that shows there's work to do,' he continued.
'If we are opening up to try and score that winning goal then we have to be prepared to run back the other way and defend. And defend better.
'We are two points ahead of Manchester United, who have been playing fantastic and are on a great run, Wolves are having a great season and they're behind us, Leicester have had a great season and we're just behind them.
'It's about perspective. We are upset because we wanted to win the game, we're footballers and we're in a good position. So there's no point in being down but I can't help but say the truth today which is that it's a game we should have won tonight.'
Bilal03
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Though I am Liverpool fan I am a big fan of Lampard so all these chalesea fans who are criticising for no reason should realize he has better knowledge of football than you people. "One bad result" even though the way Chelsea played was incredible. I believe Chelsea will still make it top 4. Advice to Chelsea fans "Be patient"
Wiwklmnptu
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I will say this again...Abraham will cost us many games..he can't score goals and he can't even defend well...I still think he is not good enough to be in our squad...really
Pepedino
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*I've just heard from a trusted source that Abraham's bench next season will have a seat belt* πππ€£π€£ππππΎππΎ
12UnitedGuyReborn
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The Moment when "Top 4" battles became very open, now nobody is safe
Andy_Mac
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Though I am Liverpool fan I am a big fan of Lampard so all these chalesea fans who are criticising for no reason should realize he has better knowledge of football than you people. "One bad result" even though the way Chelsea played was incredible. I believe Chelsea will still make it top 4. Advice to Chelsea fans "Be patient"
We're not criticising Lampard's tactics here but his team selection last night was awful. Can someone please explain what has Tammy done in recent games to be starting ahead of Giroud? Is he a physical striker who can go up against West Ham's giants? I don't think so. And having realised that he made a mistake in team selection, he should have shown as much intent as he did in the cup game where he made 3 subs at halftime. Where did that intent disappear last night? Tammy should have been taken off. He was the worst player on the pitch in the first half. He failed to do the basics right. If that substitution was made any sooner, at least we'd have a chance of getting an extra goal somewhere because our attack was much more potent with Giroud's. I will always love Lampard for what he has done for his club and I still want him as our manager but we should still be able to criticise him when he gets it wrong. As fans, it's our right to give our opinions. Simple as.
Godtreasure301
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so you mean Chelsea will beat your Liverpool?
he put up a great comment, but for us to know some retarded fools exist in this app, someone must show up to reply with senseless comment