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Premier League coach reacts after winning prestigious award

Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has won the Barclays Premier League Manager of the Month award for October has in recognition of the Blues 100 percent record in the competition last month.

This will be the first time ex-Chelsea Legend is winning the award.

He was nominated along with Liverpool’s Jurgen Klopp, Brighton’s Graham Potter, Leicester’s Brendan Rodgers and Dean Smith of Aston Villa.

However away wins at Southampton, Burnley and a home victory over Newcastle meant the Blues were the only team to take maximum points in October.

The winner was decided by votes cast online by supporters combined with those from a panel of selected football experts.

‘Winning an individual award like this, my first one at the club, it is the perfect time to appreciate the close staff who have worked so hard since pre-season and the players, as they are the ones who go out and perform. I am delighted for everybody.

‘I would probably say out of the Premier League games we played in October, the one away against Burnley was the highlight because of the way we were so dominant in our performance and Burnley is a very tough place to go. People may have questioned the fact that we are a young team and with the physical nature of the challenge, but we responded very well and played some really good football.

‘It was a tight turnaround after a big performance physically for the lads at Ajax and with the travel back. To go up to Burnley at any time is difficult but we managed the game really well.’

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Lampard joins the likes of current England boss Gareth Southgate and one of his former team-mates at West Ham, Stuart Pearce, in having won both the Premier League Player of the Month and Manager of the Month.

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