Forward Raheem Sterling has admitted that Chelsea are struggling but hopes that the team can turn things around their fortunes under the right manager.
Chelsea are 11th on the Premier League table after defeat against Brentford on Wednesday.
"We are disappointed when we come off the pitch and feel angry and disappointed. There are times when we finish a game you just sit in the changing room looking into space because you can't understand what has just happened," Sterling told The Sun in an interview published on Friday.
"It's tough to take. You are always trying to look for a positive solution. There will be conversations, players trying to come to terms with what has happened in the last ten minutes or so. It's not easy,” he added.
Frank Lampard is current Chelsea’s interim manager, with former Tottenham Hotspur and Paris St Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino one of the top contenders for the permanent role.
"We need to look in the right direction and look to whoever comes in as the next manager to build for the future," said Sterling, who joined Chelsea from Manchester City for about 47.5 million pounds ($59.72 million) in July.
"I enjoyed my time at my previous club and won a lot of trophies. But I like a new challenge and this is the challenge I signed up for. It will taste even sweeter to win silverware coming from a moment like this than if you were winning every single week.
"The ability in the dressing room is undeniable and if we have someone who can take control of that we are more than capable of challenging every year."
Chelsea have lost to Wolves, Brighton and Brentford in the Premier League under Lampard, while also being dumped out of the Champions League quarter-finals by Real Madrid.
They have failed to score in four of Lampard´s five matches as he struggles to make a cohesive unit out of a disparate group assembled during co-owner Todd Boehly´s £550 million ($684 million) spending spree in the last 11 months.