Graham Potter, the head coach of Chelsea, has asserted once more that his team performed admirably in a game that they were predicted to win but ended up losing.
The Blues lost to Aston Villa 2-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday night, falling out of the top half of the Premier League and to 11th place as a result.
Ollie Watkins gave the visitors the lead in the first half by taking advantage of a mistake by Marc Cucurella, and John McGinn's screamer gave Villa the victory in the second.
The crowd's cries of "you don't know what you're doing" and "you're getting dismissed in the morning" suggested that the home fans had turned against Potter.
But after a disappointing outcome, Potter — not for the first time — defended his Chelsea players, saying they did a good job on the field.
"We need to improve. While there were many excellent aspects of the game, including aggressive entries, shoots, and the numbers, the final score was not one of them, according to Potter.
"We're quite dissatisfied. The boys gave it their all, tried, and attacked; anything can happen in football.
"You must improve your defense. I'm in charge of that. We must consider that and improve. John McGinn made a fantastic strike. There is a lot of information for us in the game's numbers, if you look at them. We must embrace it and improve.
"There was a positive vibe here as we wanted to win our home game. There was no lack of effort. Better moment management is required. The music has a narrative.
"We are not allowed to harbor self-pity. Everyone is disappointed, even ourselves. To make it right, we have a wonderful game scheduled for Tuesday night."
"Defensively, we left ourselves too vulnerable, but again, if you look at the numbers of the game, we had opportunities ourselves, we had one-v-ones, but the most crucial thing, getting the ball into the net, we were second-best," Potter continued.
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