Frank Lampard was delighted to help Chelsea to a much-needed win on Monday and hopes he will now be given an extended run in the team.
Blues midfielder hoping to be given more 90-minute run-outs
Frank Lampard was delighted to help Chelsea to a much-needed win on Monday and hopes he will now be given an extended run in the team.
The midfielder was in the right place at the right time for the Blues at Molineux as they snatched a dramatic 2-1 victory over Wolves.
His effort came in the final minute of the 90 and offered the perfect response to Stephen Ward's leveller for the hosts five minutes earlier.
With Chelsea having gone four games without a win prior to their trip to the Midlands, Lampard admits he could not have timed his ninth goal of the season any better.
"It was a big goal for us as a team," he told
Sky Sports. "The celebrations at the end I think showed that.
Celebrations
"It was a game we should have won and to go 1-1 late on in the game, you get that sinking feeling, due to the recent results that we've had, that it was going to be another day like that.
"It wasn't just brilliant to score the goal but to send us home with a win, and the fans that travelled up here today deserved that."
Asked what the hard-fought victory says about Andre Villas-Boas' side, Lampard added: "It says that we've got character and that we've got fight.
"I think any top team has to have sprit and desire, something that Chelsea have had for many years and people have envied what we've got. When you have got that, you have got a chance of winning things.
"Today we have shown that determination for every moment that we were on the pitch, and then you get your bit of luck at the end."
Fortunate
Lampard is now looking to build on his match-winning performance, with it important for him to have completed 90 minutes and offered a timely reminder of his value to Villas-Boas.
"I have always said that I'm at my best when I play regularly," he said.
"I have been fortunate enough to do that for a long, long time here and when I play 90 minutes you feel like you are getting your levels up to where they want to be, and that's when you can make runs into the box late in the game and try to get winning goals.
"For me, personally, I am very happy and I am hoping now to keep contributing to the group to help us move up the table."
