Frank Lampard and Jody Morris are claimed to have demanded the senior players at Chelsea step up in the wake of back-to-back defeat to Valencia and Liverpool, a move which appears to have paid dividends.
A stuttering start to life in the Blues' hotseat for Lampard saw his side register only five points from their opening four league matches, before the club then dispatched a beleaguered Wolves side but remained without a win at home. Following that victory, the club slumped to successive defeats at Stamford Bridge to the aforementioned duo.
According the to Daily Mail, in the aftermath of those Champions League and Premier League defeats, Lampard and his assistant Morris called on the more experienced members of the squad - including Jorginho and Willian - to step up and aid the young side he had inherited.