Frank’s return allows Blues to achieve goals

PREMIER LEAGUE football may be full of hyperbole, over-exaggeration and unnecessary trumpet-blowing; but no amount of Sky Sports-style fanfare would be too much to assess the potential impact of Frank Lampard’s return to the Chelsea team at Arsenal tonight.

Lampard hasn’t started a match for the champions since undergoing a hernia operation in August and it has been little surprise to see Carlo Ancelotti’s team struggle without him, especially when you consider his remarkable contribution to the team’s success over almost a decade.

It’s easy to say Chelsea have missed his goals — Lampard scored a personal best 27 of them in last year’s Double success and only one so far this season — but it’s about a lot more than that.