Lampard gives us freedom to play, says Jorginho

Jorginho has praised Frank Lampard for giving his Chelsea players the "freedom" to express themselves on the pitch at the start of the season.

"We are playing forward more and playing quicker as well," he told Chelsea's official website.

"My role is not very different from last season but as a team, we are playing a different way, playing forward more, basically, and not just with short passes.

"We run more and maybe we create more chances so that’s the difference.

"Frank lets us play more to our abilities and he wants us to play how we feel on the pitch. It’s not just ‘do this, do that’ so we have the freedom to do more by ourselves."

Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and N’Golo Kante have shared four of Chelsea's last nine goals across all competitions between them, helping ease the scoring burden placed on first-choice centre-forward Tammy Abraham.

Ahead of a crucial trip to West Ham on Saturday, Jorginho added on his increased responsibilities in the attack: "It’s very important for us midfielders to score goals and Frank keeps asking us to get into the box.

"He keeps pushing us to do that, which is a good thing for us and for the team because the more players that can score is better for our team."