Chelsea's Lampard 持つ／拘留するs 病人の枕元 徹夜 as his mother becomes 批判的に ill

By Matt Barlow for the Daily Mail
Updated: 01:16 BST, 24 April 2008

Hours after helping Chelsea to a draw at Liverpool, Frank Lampard was 支援する at the 病人の枕元 of his mother Pat, yesterday as her health suddenly より悪くするd.

Pat was 認める to hospital 10 days ago when she was 診断するd to be 苦しむing from 肺炎, but her 条件 had appeared to 改善する in 最近の days.

Troubled times: Frank Lampard has understandably struggled to 焦点（を合わせる） on football

Last night a 広報担当者 for Lampard said she was "批判的に ill". Lampard, who 行方不明になるd last week's games against Wigan and Everton to be with her, felt 肯定的な enough to return to training on Sunday and then 宣言するd himself 利用できる for Tuesday's 支持する／優勝者s League 半分-final first-脚 at Anfield.

He played the entire game, helping Chelsea to fight 支援する from behind and clinch a 1-1 draw, which leaves them 井戸／弁護士席-placed to reach their first European Cup final.

A goalless draw or any sort of 勝利，勝つ against Liverpool at Stamford 橋（渡しをする） next Wednesday will be enough to reach the final in Moscow on May 21 against either Manchester 部隊d or Barcelona.

Before then, Chelsea 直面する the all-important Barclays 首相 League game at the 橋（渡しをする） against leaders 部隊d on Saturday.

Three points would 新たにする Chelsea's hopes of winning the 肩書を与える but Lampard's attention will be どこかよそで after the worrying news he has been given about his mother.

He is not 推定する／予想するd at training today and it is 高度に ありそうもない that he will be 伴う／関わるd on Saturday. Chelsea have 認めるd him その上の compassionate leave and he thanked for their help with the 状況／情勢 after the draw at Anfield.

His 傾向 in the second 脚 of the 支持する／優勝者s League 半分-final is also in 疑問.

Lampard would not have travelled to Merseyside had 58-year-old Pat's 条件 not shown the 調印するs of 改良 it did last 週末.

She was stable but, when he 現れるd from the dressing room after the game, his excitement at such a good result was still coloured by 関心.

Lampard spoke with typical candour about the toughest week of his life and 認める his mum would not have 手配中の，お尋ね者 him to 行方不明になる such an important game on her に代わって.

"She follows me up and 負かす／撃墜する the country so, knowing her, she would've had a 権利 go at me for not playing this game," he said. "So that was in the 支援する of my mind."

Sadly, the mood changed yesterday when Pat's 条件 悪化するd. Lampard has 以前 spoken of how の近くに he is to his mother and called himself a "real mummy's boy".

He said: "We're very 類似の. やめる 極度の慎重さを要する, やめる shy. Mum's been the one who 形態／調整d me as a person ― how to 扱う／治療する people, manners, that 肉親，親類d of thing.

"She's brilliant and was always there for me and my two sisters, whatever we 手配中の，お尋ね者 to do."

経営者／支配人 Avram 認める will 発揮する no 圧力 on Lampard to return and help the team through two 決定的な games.

In 選択 条件, the Chelsea boss has Michael Essien 支援する as a straightforward 交替／補充 for Lampard after he 行方不明になるd the draw at Anfield through 中断. Essien was 優れた in midfield against both Wigan and Everton last week, when Lampard was absent.

Ideally, 認める may like to give some players a breather before next week's 半分-final but the game against 部隊d is so big that his 柔軟性 will be 限られた／立憲的な.

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez can give his reserves another run at Birmingham on Saturday and keep his big players fresh to 直面する Chelsea but 認める, though 用心深い by nature, cannot afford to tinker too much.

He must go for victory against 支持する／優勝者s 部隊d, keep 勢い rolling and 信用 that fitness and adrenaline will 力／強力にする his players through the two games.

認める will put his 約束 in Stamford 橋（渡しをする）, where no one has beaten Chelsea for more than two years. It is four years since another English team won there, if you ignore Charlton in a 刑罰，罰則 shootout, which Chelsea prefer to do.

Home advantage is 存在 法案d as the 決定的な difference between this year and the previous two 支持する／優勝者s League 半分-final 遭遇（する）s between the clubs, when the Reds 勝利d at Anfield.

Chelsea's players 自白するd they were ready to take a 1-0 敗北・負かす and 再編成する. They had 逆転するd a 赤字 against Fenerbahce and 破壊するd Olympiacos にもかかわらず a goalless first 脚 in the previous knock-out 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs and were ready to try again.

"We knew it was not the best result, not the one we 手配中の，お尋ね者," said goalkeeper Petr Cech, who made three wonderful saves to stop Liverpool running up the 得点する／非難する／２０ before a freak own-goal by John Arne Riise turned the tie on its 長，率いる, more than four minutes into 停止 time.

Cech 追加するd: "We had to make sure we didn't 譲歩する a second goal. We played with good character, we kept our 長，率いるs and didn't panic, even when it was getting closer to the end. That was a good 調印する. In the end, we were rewarded with a little bit of luck."

Referring to Chelsea's 企て，努力，提案 for the league 肩書を与える, Cech continued: "It is incredible to think what can be won and lost. It is an exciting time for everyone."

Cech 心配するs a busy 転換 on Saturday even though Chelsea have the advantage over 部隊d of an extra day's 回復 and 準備 after their European exertions.

"部隊d 得点する／非難する／２０ the most goals in the league," said the Czech international. They are an attacking 脅し. You know there will be work to do but it is 広大な／多数の／重要な when you keep a clean sheet against such an attacking team.

"It would be 広大な／多数の／重要な also to see them in Moscow, for many 推論する／理由s. It is always an entertaining game and in the final of the 支持する／優勝者s League, with the passion of the English fans, it would be a 広大な／多数の／重要な occasion."

Chelsea know that the Riise own goal has opened the door for them. The 特別手当 of an away goal means Beni tez, a master at の近くにing games 負かす／撃墜する, must show adventure if his team are to 進歩. It is Chelsea who can 選ぶ their moment to 反対する punch.

Though hours later his mind was far 除去するd from Tuesday's second 脚, minutes after the Anfield 演劇 Lampard said: "I won't 嘘（をつく）, that late goal was a big 解除する.

"This is now a very different 状況／情勢 to how it's been in previous years.

"They have a very talented 経営者／支配人 and very talented players and they will want to give it a 権利 go. They have a week to work out what they want to do at our place. It's good to have that slight advantage."