Frank Lampard has dismissed Jose Mourinho’s claim that he was simply offering advice to his former player when the two managers shared a heated exchange during their Carabao Cup match on Tuesday.
The pair clashed shortly after Chelsea had taken a first-half lead in the fourth-round tie at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, with Mourinho appearing to accuse Lampard of talking too much.
Erik Lamela’s 83rd-minute equaliser cancelled out Timo Werner’s first Chelsea goal, sending the game to spot-kicks. Tottenham scored each of theirs before Mason Mount pinged his effort off the post to send Lampard’s side out.
Mourinho, who coached Lampard for four years during his two spells at Chelsea, explained after the game: “The only thing I was telling him, just an opinion of an old coach to a young talented coach, which was when the players need us, it is when they are losing.”
Mourinho added: “With Frank, the most important thing is my feelings towards him rather than any words we exchanged. He always gave me everything he had as a player and I never forget that.”
Asked about the exchange on Friday, Lampard said: “I don’t think any remarks made on the touchline can be called advice. They can probably be wrapped as advice after a game when you’ve managed to get back in the game and win on penalties.
“I would always be happy to take advice from fellow managers and everything around me, whether it be my players, my staff or people I respect in and out of football. That’s what moulds you as a manager.
“I don’t think the Jose incident was ever advice.
“On the touchline, if you look like you are trying to be what might be perceived as arrogant or if you’re trying to portray a character, that can become not real or boring.
“I certainly don’t do that, I just react as I see fit. I don’t think people should expect us to not get caught up in the excitement.”
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