For Frank Lampard, the clock is ticking. Leicester City went top of the Premier League with a 2-0 win over his Chelsea side on Tuesday, but at least as significant as that is that halfway through the season, Chelsea is now nine points off the top (and potentially 12 if Manchester City wins its two games in hand), having lost five of its last eight in the league.
In truth, this was a straightforward Leicester win, one that exposed the Chelsea flaws that have come to seem very familiar. There are moments of individual quality from Chelsea, but little in the way of coherence.