Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat at Manchester Metropolis on Sunday means the Blues can’t end within the high half of the Premier League this season.
Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola picked a much-changed facet for Sunday’s sport on the Etihad after the Sky Blues’ third successive title was confirmed on Saturday following Arsenal’s 1-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest.
However the champions got here out on high due to an early purpose scored by Julian Alvarez on a day of celebration for the Manchester membership and their followers.
For Chelsea, it was the fifteenth Premier League defeat in a depressing season which has seen three totally different managers in command of the west London membership.
Thomas Tuchel was dismissed early within the season and changed by Graham Potter in September, just for the previous Brighton boss to lose his job in April.
Blues legend is now in cost as interim, with the Stamford Bridge facet set to nominate a brand new supervisor in the summertime.
With two video games left, Chelsea are in twelfth place and sit 9 factors behind native rivals Fulham in tenth.
Lampard’s facet have two robust video games forward, too, with a visit to Manchester United on Wednesday adopted by a house sport towards Newcastle subsequent Sunday.
