Reece James’ flip to react to our 2-2 defeat at Brentford final night time, and the captain shouldn’t be blissful.
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 prefer 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 purpose down, and we tailored the way in which we performed and bought ourselves again into the sport. They’re a robust crew, they usually punished us.
“We’re not pleased with drawing, however we’ll hold preventing. We’ll have to simply accept the end result and transfer ahead.”
James additionally known as for prime requirements. “There are a lot of elements as to why the primary half wasn’t ok,” he added. “It’s a tough place to return and we’re coming into video games after a world break and that’s at all times robust. It’s no excuse – now we 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 take care of it. The second is a set-piece the place they’re tremendous robust and we didn’t take care of it immediately.”
