The Blues came from behind to earn a point against the Foxes, who sit in third spot in the Premier League table.
Frank Lampard was “pleased” his Chelsea side shared the spoils with Leicester City at the King Power stadium on Saturday.
The Blues came from behind to earn a point against the Foxes, who sit in third spot in the Premier League table.
The match came to life just after half-time when Antonio Rudiger gave the west London club the lead with a towering header from Mason Mount's corner.
Brendan Rodgers' side responded eight minutes later as Harvey Barnes' effort deflected off Reece James into the top-right corner of the net.
Then Ben Chilwell finished off a Youri Tielemans cross into the bottom left corner to put the Foxes ahead in the 64th minute, but Chelsea didn't give up as they fought back to make it 2-2 through Rudiger’s second headed goal of the match.
‘A fair point on play,’ was Lampard’s verdict as Chelseafc.com quoted.
‘First half we were the better team. We had some good chances, and we gifted them some. Our work off the ball, and some of our stuff on the ball, was good, to come here and play with that personality.
‘Second half of course they had their chances late in the game. So it evened itself out. I am pleased with a point.’
Lampard also gave credit to his goalscorer Rudiger, saying: ‘I was delighted with his two goals. We need to score more from set-pieces, particularly in games against good opposition when it’s tight. So really pleased with Toni.
‘We did miss him earlier in the season. He brings an aggression and a presence in everything he does. That’s good because we have young players in those areas as well. He is more experienced of our centre-backs. He brings his quality in lots of ways.
‘Set-pieces are something we have been a bit short on, in terms of how desire have we got to put our head on it and score goals. He brings that naturally.’
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