Despite Chelsea’s season reaching a new and worrisome low as they were defeated 1-0 at Stamford Bridge by the Premier League’s bottom team Southampton, Graham Potter says he is “not the problem.”
A converted free-kick from James Ward-Prowse on the stroke of half-time put the Saints’ captain one goal behind David Beckham in the competition’s all-time standings, and sent Graham Potter’s team to a fourth consecutive winless match in the league.
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With five of the club’s eight January signings in the starting XI, Potter saw his team labour to find any invention against a Saints side set up by interim boss Ruben Selles to frustrate the hosts’ expensively-assembled attacking cavalry.
Victory in their first match since the sacking of Nathan Jones was everything they deserved.
“After a 1-0 defeat at home, any criticism you get is understandable,” said Potter.
“We’ve had a tough period and lots of challenges in terms of integrating young players in the Premier League.
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“When you don’t get results, it can be tough. That’s how it is. Some people will think I’m the problem. I don’t think they’re right but that doesn’t mean they can’t articulate their views.
“We took a step back in terms of our performance in the first half. The response in the second half was good but not good enough.”
When asked if he was still the man for the job, and asked to explain the delay to speak to the media, Potter said: “There’s no conspiracy. Sorry, I can’t give you that.
“I always come in and speak to you guys and understand the questions. When we’ve lost 1-0 at home to Southampton, it isn’t good enough because of the results we’ve had recently.”
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