Chelsea boss Frank Lampard is delighted with the spirit shown within his new-look squad - but wants more.
Lampard says he doesn't want a blame culture at Chelsea – and achieving that is still a work in progress.
“For the players to try to take responsibility is a daily chip away at trying to create something that feels that way and we're in that process at Chelsea," he told the club's website. “I'm not going to lie, we've not won that battle yet, because it definitely takes time, particularly with a younger squad and we have a lot of young players.
“My view now as a manager is that I am responsible and I think that the only way you can create an environment that looks like you're asking for everyone to be 100 per cent responsible is by them seeing that from yourself. So I don't think it's a problem to show weakness.
"I don't think it's a problem for me to try to prepare a team for a week and work on a shape and then you come up and it doesn't work at the weekend, to be a bit open with the players.
“One of my things that I really try to do is look at myself and say: 'What could I have done there? I can't blame the players for that performance.'
“At moments you'll sit down with reflection, and of course you look at how the squad looks, but I must make myself 100 per cent culpable as well."
