Cesc Fabregas Aims Brutal Dig at Frank Lampard As Chelsea Continues to Crumble

Chelsea slipped to a sixth straight defeat under caretaker boss Frank Lampard, losing 3-1 to Arsenal to remain entrenched in the bottom half of the Premier League table.

Former Chelsea midfielder Cesc Fabregas laid bare the tactical differences between Arsenal and Chelsea as the Gunners cruised to a 3-1 Premier League victory.

Arsenal were all but out of sight by the break, with Martin Odegaard scoring twice and Gabriel Jesus adding a third.

However, defeat at Arsenal on Tuesday made it four defeats from four in the league, while Chelsea also lost both legs of their Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid, with Fabregas showing the gulf between Lampard and opposite number Mikel Arteta.

"I think we saw two different sides," Fabregas told Sky Sports. "One was really well-drilled, very well-coached with clear ideas, patterns of how they want to press - especially in Chelsea’s half - how they want to attack, how they’re going to find their movement. They were fluid and Chelsea allowed that.

"I felt sometimes Chelsea, we used to have a coach when we were little and it was like we have eleven olives, you throw them on the table and this is the tactics that sometimes we’re looking at. Sometimes I couldn’t believe it, the tactical and technical mistakes we’re seeing from Chelsea players.

"We are not used to it. Especially from individuals, in midfield, for example, you have a World Cup winner, World Cup winner, World Cup finalist. [In defence you have the] captain of Brazil, an international English player at left back - it’s such an experienced team. Sometimes it doesn’t prove anything to have that experience, as quoted by The Mirror .

Defeat for Chelsea left them 12th in the league and on course for a bottom-half finish for the first time since 1996. Fulham, in 10th, are six points clear of the Blues with five games remaining.