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Chelsea's front-foot football proved costly on Lampard's return to Stamford Bridge

LONDON -- The venue was familiar. The vantage point was not.

Few people on the planet know Stamford Bridge better than Frank Lampard, who turned the West London stadium into his own back garden during a phenomenal 13-year Chelsea career in which he won 11 major trophies and became the club's record goal scorer. But while he probably trampled every single blade of grass on the pitch during his time in Chelsea blue, he didn't spend much time in the dugout. Of the 218 Premier League appearances he made at the Bridge, only 15 came from the bench.