Lampard after England improvement

October 7, 2008

As England prepare for Saturdays World Cup qualifying match against Kazakhstan Frank Lampard admits that he and Gerrard have not shown their full potential for England and that they need to improve.

“We both want to be at our best for England and will probably say that, for the last couple of years, we haven’t done that,”

“Everyone is trying to find the solution but it’s not just me and Steven Gerrard, it’s the whole team.”

Gerrard was missing from the impressive 4-1 win over Croatia with Barry and Lampard in midfield that night which again opened up the debate as to whether Gerrard and Lampard can play together in the midfield for England.

It is believed that the Chelsea and Liverpool player will be given another chance at the weekend to show they can play together before the away game in Belarus the following Wednesday.

The duo have been in spectacular form for their respective clubs which has highlighted their inability to play together further.

“My view is that it is very important to talk about the team,”

“We look into the wrong issues. It’s not about individuals.

“If you look to much into things you can create your own problems. What we want is to win the game.

“There are times with any partnership when it works on the pitch and when it doesn’t,”

“We are breaking it down much too much at the moment. What’s important is getting results and not trying to find issues with certain players.

“Me and Steven get on very well off the pitch and I think we get on well on the pitch but we want to improve as we haven’t done what we could do in the last couple of years.

“Steven and hopefully myself have been playing at a high level for our clubs and people expect the same thing playing for England but that’s not necessarily always going to happen.

“The end result is that you want to see England win.”

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