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Lampard under fire at Chelsea as Guardiola and City impart a harsh lesson

When it's not your day, it really isn't your day, so Chelsea manager Frank Lampard was entitled to a rueful shake of the head when misfiring striker Timo Werner made such a mess of taking an 88th-minute corner against Manchester City that he kicked the flag instead of the ball.

Werner, the £47 million forward, has now gone 12 games without a goal for his new club after this 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge and his ordeal has started to personify Lampard's difficulties in the Chelsea hot seat.

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