European glory a dead cert in Lampard’s best 3 Chelsea moments
Published:It’s the moment Chelsea fans were half-expecting but simultaneously dreading, as after 13 years as a Blue ‘Super Frank Lampard’ will be leaving Stamford Bridge this summer when his current contract expires.
At 35, the club’s all-time leading scorer with 211 goals has announced his departure before he vice-captains England at the World Cup, where Lampard is a 5/1-shot with Ladbrokes to start the first Group D game against Italy.
For a player who has helped Chelsea to 11 major trophies in his time, including three Premier Leagues and a Champions League, while compiling a list of personal accolades to fill several mantle pieces over, picking out three defining moments is no easy task.
However, we’ve given our best shot. Do you agree?
2004/2005 – Premier League title and Ballon d’Or runner-up
The first of three Premier League titles for Lampard had his fingerprints all over it. During what is arguably still his finest season as a Chelsea player the Stamford Bridge legend bagged 13 league goals (19 in all competitions) and led the top-flight assist charts with 16.
His outstanding contribution to Jose Mourinho’s maiden English title landed him the runner-up spot in FIFA’s prestigious Ballon d’Or competition behind Ronaldinho in 2005.
2011/2012 – Winning the Champions League as captain
Just as the Premier League title continues to evade Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard, for the longest time Lampard’s dream of capturing a first ever Champions League triumph looked like escaping him.
However, all that changed in a dramatic final against Bayern Munich where, in typical fashion, Lamps held his nerve in the penalty shoot-out to rifle home his effort.
The crowning glory is that in John Terry’s absence, the England man was also skipper and jointly held the trophy aloft.
2012/13 – Breaking the all-time Chelsea scoring record
Not content with being the most prolific Premier League midfielder of all time, Lampard honed in on Bobby Tambling’s Chelsea scoring record as the 2012/13 season unfolded.
However, it wasn’t until the penultimate league game of the season that Lamps finally went past Tambling’s marker by notching his 202nd and 203rd with a brilliantly-taken brace.
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