Chelsea need to give Frank Lampard more time.
They knew he was only in his second year as a manager when he joined the club so at some point, there was going to be a period when there were challenges.
This is one of those periods, with Saturday's gritty 1-0 win over Fulham only their second Premier League victory in seven games. And on Tuesday they travel to in-form Leicester City, who are third in the table, four places and six points above the Blues.
When Lampard came in there wasn't any expectation. He had a smaller squad, he had lost Eden Hazard and there was a transfer ban.