The defender denies singling out the experienced midfielder in a recent interview where he told a Portuguese newspaper 'he simply has to listen to the coach when he gives orders'

Chelsea defender David Luiz has denied criticising team-mate Frank Lampard in a recent interview where he reportedly said he must take orders from manager Andre Villas-Boas like any other player.The Brazilian defender has strongly backed the Portuguese boss in recent weeks and has argued that there should be no "privileged people" at a football club after Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole and Michael Essien were recently dropped to the bench for the Champions League clash with Napoli.

Lampard has been linked with a move away from Stamford Bridge after the midfielder admitted last week that his relationship with the former Porto coach was "not ideal" though Luiz has moved quickly to deny singling out Lampard in a recent interview.

The defender wrote on Twitter: "This is media,Frank know me,and I never said about him! I said generaly! I only talked about coaches and players in general. Always CFC"

Luiz has had to endure criticism of his own performers this season with the club currently going through a transitional period and has moved quickly to deny a recent interview with Portuguese newspaper O Jogo was directed at Lampard.

"No one has to be someone's father or son in a football club," Luiz was reported to have said.

"There are no privileged people there. He simply has to listen to the coach when he gives orders and take them.



"No player can forget that they are just an employee of the club. A lot of the controversies are created by the British media,



"Last season, there were teams who were in a poor position in the table, and no one talked about it.



"It is a lot easier to talk about Andre, because Chelsea are a big team who always fight for the first place. And when they are third of fourth, it gets easy to slam the coach.



"But Andre has an immense capacity, he is an excellent person and I am sure he will have a great future at Chelsea."

Chelsea currently sit in fifth place in the Premier League, outside of the Champions League qualification spots, and face elimination from European competition at the hands of Serie A side Napoli.

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