Reece James’ flip to react to our 2-2 defeat at Brentford final night time, and the captain will not be glad.
James was named on the bench by head coach Enzo Maresca however was introduced on at half time when Chelsea had been trailing 1-0 on the time. Wesley Fofana began at proper again, which isn’t one thing I’d wish to see too usually.
“It’s disappointing to not win,” Reece advised the Chelsea membership web site. “We got here right here to win, and we discovered ourselves a objective down, and we tailored the way in which we performed and acquired ourselves again into the sport. They’re a powerful crew, they usually punished us.
“We’re not proud of drawing, however we’ll hold combating. We’ll have to simply accept the consequence and transfer ahead.”
James additionally referred to as for top requirements. “There are lots of components as to why the primary half wasn’t ok,” he added. “It’s a troublesome place to come back and we’re coming into video games after a global break and that’s all the time robust. It’s no excuse – we now have tremendous excessive requirements right here.
“They caught us on the counter [in the first half], and we had been ready for that, however we didn’t cope with it. The second is a set-piece the place they’re tremendous robust and we didn’t cope with it at this time.”
