Chelsea manager Frank Lampard has spoken for the first time about his touchline row with his Liverpool counterpart Jurgen Klopp.
The pair exchanged some heated words just before Trent Alexander-Arnold scored Liverpool's second goal in a 5-3 win at Anfield.
Lampard was heard to remark, "The first title you've ever won, and you're giving it the f*cking big'un".
Speaking ahead of Sunday's season-defining game with Wolves, Lampard admits there are elements of the encounter that he regrets.
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"I think in terms of the language I used, I do regret that," he told his Zoom conference, "Because I think these things get replayed a lot on social media. I
"I've got two young daughters who are on social media, so I do regret that.
"In terms of regretting having passion to defend my team, no, I could have maybe handled it slightly differently, to keep that language in.
"But what I felt was, and I want to be clear about this actually, that some of the reports were that I was upset with the celebrating of the Liverpool team."
Lampard insists his issue wasn't with Klopp, per se.
"I think Liverpool should celebrate as much as they want with the season they've had, they can celebrate like they did after the game, like they can celebrate every goal they score, like they celebrated when they won the league a month ago, and like they are talking they will celebrate one more time with their fans.
"I would have had a beer with Jurgen Klopp after the game and toasted the performance of what they've done this year.
"But there were things on the line I didn't like from their bench, not JK, people behind the bench, which I felt crossed the line, and that's what got me agitated.
"But it's done, it's done. Emotions run high, and among most managers, players and fans in this game. As I say I regret the language, and we move on."
Chelsea welcome Wolves to Stamford Bridge on Sunday, needing only a draw to secure Champions League football for next season.
Lampard says N'Golo Kante "could feature" on Sunday having not played since picking up a hamstring injury in early March.
The Chelsea boss says Kante only trained at full speed for the first time on Friday morning.
Kante's defensive nous could be needed on Sunday against a side who've proven so dangerous on the break.
Chelsea's fight for Europe hasn't been helped by their defence. The Blues have conceded 54 times in the Premier League this season - the worst record of any side in the top half.
"There are lots of mitigating circumstances around that," Lampard says, "We've conceded too many goals, I'm very aware of it.
"I feel like I know a lot of the reasons why, and we need to keep working to make sure that we get that down.
"When we look at the two domestic games ahead of us, and importantly as well when we look onto next season and onwards."
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