Chelsea have lost again, most recently the team nicknamed The Blues fell 0-2 to Aston Villa in the Premier League 2022-2023 continued match on Saturday 1 April 2023. Even though he was disappointed, Chelsea coach Graham Potter admitted that he was still happy because there were some positive things that could be seen from the match.
Yes, Chelsea lost 0-2 when hosting Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. Playing in front of its own public, the Blues were rendered helpless after two goals scored by Ollie Watkins (18′) and John McGinn (56′). However, the Blues really dominated the game.
Potter also admitted it. According to him, the Chelsea players have performed very well in the match. However, the first goal that Watkins scored was called the beginning of disaster for the Blues.
“In terms of play, you can see the players are giving everything, they are taking responsibility, they have a lot of input into the box and shots and attacks,” said Potter.
“In the end we conceded a bad first goal which made things very emotional and rightly so,” he continued.
The former Brighton Hove and Albion coach was very disappointed because his team, which had performed well, actually had to fall. Despite swallowing an embarrassing defeat, Potter argued that Chelsea had experienced a positive improvement.
“We are disappointed because we went 1-0 down but the players responded well. They kept responding. The second goal was disappointing because we started the second half well,” he said.
“But if you look at the stats apart from the main ones, there’s a lot of positives there. But at the moment it doesn’t feel very positive,” Potter added.
This defeat made Chelsea slump in 11th place with a collection of 38 points from 28 matches that have been played. For the next match, The Blues will host Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday 5 April 2023.
