Chelsea were not eager to learn whether Manchester City's ban from European football would be overturned or not and their target was always a top-four finish, manager Frank Lampard said yesterday.
Second-placed City were handed a two-year suspension from European football for breaching Financial Fair Play regulations in February, which would have allowed a team finishing fifth in the English Premier League to qualify for the Champions League.But the Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the decision yesterday, allowing City to compete in next season's elite competition and increasing pressure on teams battling for top-four spots with three rounds of fixtures left.
"I was never pinning my hopes on whether an extra team got in ," Lampard said in a virtual press conference. "We are sitting third, it's in our hands. This morning has just made it clear now and we have to fight for it. "I don't see beyond our games. We have games and we want to win them to see if we get into the Champions League. We don't worry about other teams."
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