Frank Lampard has revealed the incident between Tammy Abraham and Cesar Azpilicueta before Chelsea's second penalty in the win against Crystal Palace was 'dealt with'.
Abraham had been keen to step up for the home side's spot-kick, with Jorginho having coolly converted his own effort from 12 yards just moments before. His protests fell on deaf ears, however, and Azpilicueta dragged away his irate team-mate.
Despite Abraham appearing visibly frustrated after being denied the chance to score his third goal of the season, Lampard insisted that there were no problems within the squad at full-time.
He told BT Sport: 'It’s been dealt with in the dressing room. No problems, it's been dealt with. I want leaders and I don’t mind a little conflict.
'If Tammy wanted to take it and wants the goal, then he can get put in his place a little bit. I appreciate his eagerness because his performance deserved a goal but those are the rules.
'You don’t jump the list at any moment unless someone is on a hat-trick. We are so comfortable that I decide.'
With Jorginho having proved typically unerring from the penalty spot after Abraham was felled inside the box, the Italian was again handed the ball for the second and dispatched to Vicente Guaita's right.
Abraham was led to the edge of the area by captain Azpilicueta and did not muster a smile during the celebrations.
Lampard's men emphatically returned to winning ways in west London after crashing out the Carabao Cup to Tottenham and being held to a thrilling 3-3 draw with West Brom last weekend.
Ben Chilwell broke the deadlock for Chelsea with a thunderous left-footed effort to open his account for the club, and fellow defender Kurt Zouma then doubled their lead with a towering header.
lupimnorz
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sincerely the penalty should have been given to Werner he need to score to boost his confident
SIMEONEE
153
this is the real situation today penandes spirit in Tammy
temalnptuy
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Azpi did what captain should do,abraham did what striker should do and jorginho did what he need to do ....problem solved
Kiwbckmpsz
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Jorginho is the penalty taker, but it should have been given to Abraham or Werner to boost their confidence, because Chelsea is already 3:0 up
HajjChelsea
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I love the leadership of Azipicueta on the pitch. Abraham did not show respect here to me. Just imagine Fati wanting to take penalty when Messi is still on the pitch or Dybala fighting to take penalty for Juventus when Ronaldo is still on the pitch. The first person he should have consulted was to see Jorginho if there was a chance he could take the spot kick but not to take his own decision of taking spot kick when it's not his duty. He should learn to respect senior players in the team. Can he go to the England national team to take penalty when Harry Kane is still on the pitch ? That's what Ross Barkley did and Chelsea lost against Sevilla last season in the Champions league at the bridge. The team did well to win convincely and I was happy with the clean sheet. I pray Lampard maintain the same backline for a couple of games .
Rumawareal
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Don't be too blind to see the truth pls. If what Abraham did was right, why didn't Werner did the same thing.? Werner is even more deserving to take the penalty than Abraham.