Nonplussed Lampard rewrites his Chelsea story with City goal


Manchester City's Frank Lampard reacts after scoring a goal against Chelsea during their English Premier League soccer match at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, northern England September 21, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Yates

LONDON (Reuters) - Jose Mourinho declared the love story was over and a bemused Frank Lampard said he was lost for words after the former Chelsea midfielder came on as a substitute for Manchester City and scored against the club he had called his own for 13 years.

Lampard had often stolen headlines for Chelsea but the club's record scorer never believed that his first goal after leaving London would rob them of victory in the Premier League and send banner writers into a frenzy.

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