Lampard appeared in all of Chelsea's league matches and scored eight goals in the 2001 - 02 season.
City looked impressive in possession but their rhythm might have been disrupted when the influential
Lampard appeared to suffer a thigh injury and had to be carried off just before the half - hour.
Chelsea icon Frank
Lampard appeared on Monday Night Football this week, and he was asked by Sky Sports to name his Premier League team of the season so far.
Fellow veterans John Terry and Frank
Lampard appear more likely to be handed new deals with both players regularly used by Mourinho.
Not exact matches
Chelsea won an injury - time penalty, but regular penalty - taker
Lampard — who had been on the field for less than 15 minutes and had not
appeared for the first team since August — left the spot kick to Didier Drogba, whose effort was saved.
[25] Following defeat to Napoli in the Champions League 1st knock - out round 1st leg — a match in which both
Lampard and Ashley Cole had been left out of the starting line - up — the pressure mounted on Villas - Boas as Chelsea's season
appeared to be fragmenting.
Lampard scored a long - range free - kick against Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup Semi-Final victory, before
appearing in his fifth FA Cup final for the club as the Blues beat Liverpool 2 - 1.