Chelsea boss Lampard explains Hudson-Odoi axe | OneFootball

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard insists Callum Hudson-Odoi didn't deserve to miss victory over Fulham.

Afterwards, Lampard explained leaving out the winger.

He explained, "here has been a real uplift in Callum's form recently and that is part of his development. Now he's going by people and showing a lot of confidence. He had to get over a serious injury last season.

"Hakim (Ziyech) gives us something different, he was outstanding in the period he was fit when we were on a really good run, Christian (Pulisic) always is a big threat. When those three are fit there's normally one who can't start the game, but they must come on and impact the game because you generally make substitutions with wingers.

"I had Leicester in mind, I'll have to see how the players react in the next day or two, but in this busy period the players will have to accept sometimes being an impact. Callum is very exciting at the minute, he's approaching it all the right way and he'll get many, many minutes."