Frank Lampard has mounted a strong defence of Antonio Rudiger in the face of criticism from Jose Mourinho over Son Heung-min’s red card in Chelsea’s derby win at Tottenham.

Lampard plans talks with Rudiger on Christmas Eve to reassure the Germany star of his and Chelsea’s solidarity over the defender’s allegations he suffered racist abuse at Spurs.

Tottenham boss Mourinho told Rudiger to “stand up and play man” in questioning the Chelsea centre-back’s reaction to being kicked by Son that brought the South Korea forward a red card on Sunday.

Spurs have since failed with their appeal against Son’s sending off, and Lampard has hit back at Mourinho, insisting Rudiger should be under no kind of scrutiny over his dismissal during Chelsea’s 2-0 win at Tottenham.

“I’ll speak to him today when I see him.

“I would like to think the players know I am with them on anything like this.

“I’ll have the same conversation with Toni that I had with Tammy after the incident earlier this year.

“And I will tell them and take the time to make sure he knows I support him, and that I support all my players in this situation.”