Chelsea boss Frank Lampard insists he's not had any surprises in the opening weeks of the new season.
Lampard says he took the job with his eyes wide open.
"Things surprise you in football management every day but the situation has been exactly what I expected," Lampard tells Sky Sports. "I knew about the transfer ban, I knew Eden Hazard had left the club, I knew we were losing two strikers in Alvaro Morata and Gonzalo Higuain and I knew we couldn't buy anyone. I knew we had five or six major injuries.
"I knew all that but the last thing I want to be is negative. I want us to be competitive this year and we still have a strong squad. We have to be a bit patient because those other factors are there. But that doesn't mean we can't go out there with that competitive head on and challenge in everything that we do. My job is to focus on the task at hand."
