Chelsea must offer Frank Lampard an extension to his contract, according to Sky Sports pundits Ray Wilkins and Dwight Yorke, after they watched the midfielder play a record-breaking role in the Blues' 8-0 thrashing of Aston Villa.
Discipline
Brazilian David Luiz - playing in central midfield rather than defence - scored the second with a dipping free-kick on 29 minutes and Wilkins said the goal capped a fine all-round display.
"We've found his position," he enthused. David Luiz should never play at centre-half again because today he showed a discipline, he showed his passing game and his attitude was first class.
"He has convinced me that he is a central midfield player. His energy was fantastic but more importantly his discipline was first class and we've not seen that at centre-half where he wants to do a bit too much. He's two-footed, he's quick and he's strong. There's no reason why he can't play in there.
"Luiz can express himself a little bit more because if he makes a mistake at the back, someone's got a chance on goal. If he makes a mistake in the middle of the pitch he's still got two very, very solid centre-halves in Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill behind him - or when John Terry comes back, two of the three."
Wilkins explained that he felt Luiz's goal owed a lot to the influence of former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba.
He said: "Didier was always one of those guys who wanted to be on the training pitch for an hour after training. He'd get the wall up and then he'd put his heel in to the ground and make a hole so as he came up to hit the ball with the side of his foot, the first thing it would hit was the side of the divot so it would naturally start the rotation.
"I wasn't at Chelsea with David Luiz but obviously he's learnt it. As he hits the ball he gets the height but also a tremendous rotation on the ball. It's a bit like table tennis when you're hitting a flipper. The rotation helps keep the ball down because he's got top-spin on it."
Price
Aston Villa did not pick up a single booking in the match and Yorke felt that typified a lack of fight from his former club.
"You would have thought that 8-0 someone would have been losing their rag and going around kicking somebody, but that didn't happen and I think that 'Razor' [Wilkins] and I could have played in that game today," he said.
"Every time you saw the Chelsea players they had time and space; you just can't give them that time at this level because top teams will pick you off. Aston Villa did get picked off on a number of occasions and paid a price.
"Chelsea didn't seem like they came out of second gear - they were very much in control of what they did today."
