Crystal Palace manager Ian Holloway dismissed the importance of local derbies as "nonsense" after the Eagles' 3-0 defeat at Brighton.
The Eagles and the Seagulls may not be geographically linked but have been fierce rivals since the days of Terry Venables and Alan Mullery in the late 1970s.
On Sunday Leonardo Ulloa's brace and a free-kick from David Lopez secured Brighton's first home success over the enemy from up the A23 in 25 years.
But Holloway insists he has bigger fish to fry than worrying about derby matches.
"I don't care about rivalry," said the Eagles boss. "We've got rivalry with every single team in this division to try and get up.
"So when you talk about rivalry or local rivalry it's a waste of breath and nonsense.
"I come from Bristol, no one cares. It's about who can finish the season in those top-two places, who can then muster a gallop to win the play-offs. That's all that matters."
Palace now have a two-week international break to lick their wounds before they host Birmingham a week on Friday.
And Holloway said: "There's eight games left, we've got to dust ourselves down and look optimistically at the next challenge.
"We've got eight games left to do a bit better than that. Brighton have enjoyed that but we have to get back to work. We'll live to fight another day."
Lampard stole the headlines after the 2-0 win over West Ham on Sunday by scoring his 200th goal for the club, but he was quick to praise Hazard, who netted the second goal.
The Belgium international, who moved to Stamford Bridge from Lille in June, was compared with Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola by the England veteran.
"Eden is 22. He has got the world at his feet and he can handle the pressure because he is that good," said Lampard.
"His ability and speed off the mark and the way he is able to turn on a sixpence is what all great attacking players have and he's got it in abundance.
"Zola did it throughout his career while Eden's at a relatively early part of his career but what he is showing now are glimpses that he can be in that bracket and be one of the top players in the world.
"He is very laid back, a great character and not too much bothers him by the look of it. That's the way he plays and it reflects in his game.
"I hope he carries on doing it because he's an absolute pleasure to play with."
