Chelsea players looked SOFT against Leicester, says Redknapp but admits Lampard has a ‘buck fall’

Jamie Redknapp has criticized Chelsea by saying a couple of their players looked ‘soft’ in their losses with Leicester.

Goals from Wilfred Ndidi and James Maddison criticized the Blues to fifth loss in their last eight games.

The 2-0 back at King Power Stadium was also Stamford Bridge’s sixth loss in the best campaign of the season, and they are now eighth in the Premier League table after West Ham’s victory against West Brom.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, midfielder Redknapp believes it is his side in and out with the foxes that will be a major concern for Blues boss Frank Lampard. .

‘This bothers Frank more than anything because he was as diligent as a player I’ve ever seen, but one or two of them are a little soft,’ said Redknapp.

‘You never want to be called a soft team, a team that doesn’t run enough, work hard and win individual battles, and that can boil down to confidence.

‘But I’m looking at that team right now and one or two of them are just doing enough, and you can’t do enough when you play for Chelsea.’

Callum Hudson-Odoi started just his third Premier League game of the season in the Middle East, with international club and team players Reece James and Ben Chilwell taking over the full-back positions.

But Redknapp believes former Leicester defender Chilwell – who signed for the Blues for £ 50million last summer – is ‘going through the motions’ and also Hudson-Odoi celebrated 20-year-old for not taking his chance after gloriously missing an opportunity in the first half.

Players need to take more responsibility. They need to do more, ‘said Redknapp.

‘I’m talking about the full support, Reece James, Ben Chilwell came in for a lot of money, I want to see a lot more from him. I see it go through the movements a bit, I want to see more energy.

Callum Hudson-Odoi got a chance today, what did he do? He had one chance when he finished a fall and there was a lack of quality. These are great opportunities for players.

‘You should never have judged on one game, but the players it is [Lampard] introduced, you always want them to do better and they didn’t do enough.

“When they go into training tomorrow, they can’t complain too much or knock on the door when they go out next week, they have to do more. ‘

The case has again raised the pressure on Lampard’s under-fire chief, but while he admits he will know he could eventually pay the price by losing his job due to the club’s poor form, Redknapp persuaded the west London outfit to give their former midfielder more time.

‘He knows the price of the ticket, he’s a manager and the buck is falling for you,’ continued Redknapp.

‘There is always pressure, Frank knows that, Frank has lived under pressure all his life, he always put himself under pressure.

‘But they would be crazy not to give someone time when you bring in new players, you just can’t have knee-jerk reactions.

‘Things are not good right now, you can’t deny it. That performance is not good enough and there has been a lot that has not been good enough.

‘But they will develop over time, because someone will get the most out of this squad. But I think Frank, because of his knowledge of the game and the way he sees it, will get it right, but it ‘s going to take time. ‘