“Couldn’t get control” – Chelsea defender admits to team’s issues after collapse | OneFootball

Trevoh Chalobah was the Chelsea player who spoke to the TV cameras after a disappointing defeat against Atalanta in the Champions League last night.

The defender is increasingly a leader for the Blues and he tried to keep spirits high.

Chalobah on Chelsea defeat

Chelsea’s team to face Atalanta. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

“We have to stick together. It is easy to be together when you are winning but these are the times when you need to come together as a team.” Chalobah said.

“We have been in this situation before, every team has, so we need to focus on the next game, and it is another opportunity to get a result. We’re obviously down and disappointed. It is three points lost.

“They didn’t really create us too many problems, and it is important when it is 1-0, in the first ten to 15 minutes of the second half to stay in the game and give yourself the best opportunity to win.

“They scored and it put us on the back foot, and in the second half we didn’t really get going and didn’t get control.”

The decision to take off Chalobah at half time, while explained by the fact he was on a yellow card, proved to be a disaster in many ways. It was one of a number of changes by Enzo Maresca which seemed to confuse his previously confident team and hand the initiative back to the home side.

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