Chelsea: Frank Lampard defends Jorginho after his latest spot-kick miss against Krasnodar

Frank Lampard has claimed he will hold discussions with his Chelsea stars over who will take penalties but maintained he still has faith in Jorginho despite his latest spot-kick failure.

The midfielder hit the post with his first-half penalty in Wednesday night’s 4-0 Champions League win at Krasnodar, his second miss in his last four attempts having also been denied against Liverpool earlier in the season.

During the game in Russia, Chelsea were awarded a second penalty after Jorginho went off following a substitution, with Timo Werner emphatically dispatching. 

With the score at 0-0, Jorginho hit the post with a first half penalty for Chelsea in their 4-0 Champions League win at Krasnodar

The Blues though were awarded a second spot-kick which Timo Werner scored to make it 2-0 after Jorginho had been substituted

Lampard insists he will speak to his team about who will take penalties in the future but claims he still has full faith in Jorginho who previously had scored from his first eight spot-kicks. 

‘If you take penalties as regularly as he [Jorginho] does, and I did, you are going to miss some,’ Lampard said in a press conference on Thursday.

‘I left it for today, because they slept for four hours. I have no problem with either taking penalties and not just those two, we have many more at the club [who could take them].’ 

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Frank Lampard though has defended Jorginho’s spot-kick record although has admitted he will speak to his squad about who will take future penalties for the Blues