Lamps hoping security
improves
Frank Lampard has admitted he was 'shocked' by the Spurs fan who
attempted to attack him after their FA Cup victory on Monday, but
hopes the incident will prevent similar occurrences in
future.
Lampard narrowly escaped attack when a fan entered the pitch as
Chelsea celebrated their win over Spurs in the FA Cup
quarter-finals.
But while he admits he was shaken by what happened, he believes it
could result in better preventative measures.
"It was disappointing. You enjoy celebrating a win and then when
something like that happens, it sort of shocks you," he told Sky
Sports News.
"But when a couple of days pass and you don't see it on the front
of the papers and when you're watching Sky all day, then maybe
it'll just be something that'll be put right and hopefully not
happen again."
Lampard will face another hostile environment when he heads to
Israel for England's Euro 2008 qualifier on Saturday, but he
insists it is something players thrive on.
"I enjoy it. I enjoy those atmospheres - that's what football's all
about.
"I think they're the games - Champions League away games, England
games away from home - those atmospheres have to inspire you and
make you want to do well, and that's the attitude we'll all have to
have on Saturday."
A win for England is particularly important with the team's poor
form of late, and while Lampard is yet to open his account in the
qualifying campaign, he is refusing to get too worried about his
lack of goals.
"I haven't scored in qualifying game for England in this campaign
yet, so I'm determined to do that, and we've got players in
midfield who can contribute, and it'll be important we try to do
that.
"We've got talented players, we've got creative players, so let's
hope they can create and score goals.
"But as a midfield player you can't expect to be scoring all the
time. It goes with the territory. There's a lot of other things you
have to put in your game first, and hopefully the goals are just a
bonus that will come because of that."
