Frank Lampard has admitted that he and Steven Gerrard have failed to reproduce their club form when paired together in the England midfield.

Reports suggest that Fabio Capello, the England coach, will restore Gerrard to central midfield alongside Lampard for Saturday's World Cup qualifying match against Kazakhstan. The pair have struggled to reproduce their club form at international level, but the Chelsea midfielder says it is important to focus on the team, and not individuals.

"It is very important to talk about the team - we can look into the wrong issues," he said. "We are breaking it down much too much.

"I'm not trying to find issues with certain players. We [he and Gerrard] haven't really done quite what we could do over the last couple of years.

"We have been playing at a high level for our clubs and people expect the same for England and it does not always happen.

"But the Croatia performance (when England won 4-1 in Zagreb in their last qualifier) shows that when we play as a team that is what is important.

"The manager is focused on that very much. The manager will pick the team and the players are there to play as a group.

"If you look too much into things you can find problems."

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