Kai Havertz took on the blame for Southampton’ s first goal.
Kai Havertz has firmly insisted Chelsea‘s players need to take duty for slipping to Saturday’s aggravating 3-3 Premier League draw with Southampton
Havertz took on the blame for Saints’ first goal, confessing losing possession for Danny Ings’ wise finish “changed the game”.
Chelsea had actually been 2-0 up and travelling after Timo Werner‘s great brace, however Ings’ 4th league goal of the new campaign teed up a madcap second-half
Che Adams equalised for Saints after a defensive mix-up in between Kepa Arrizabalaga and Kurt Zouma, only for Havertz to put Chelsea back in front.
Difficult game and not the result we desired. Let’s keep collaborating. @ChelseaFC pic.twitter.com/sGeWwzMCPi
— Kai Havertz (@kaihavertz29) October 17, 2020
The Germany midfielder’s first league goal for the Blues might not win the day nevertheless, as Jannik Vestergaard‘s added- time effort required a draw at Stamford Bridge.
“We’re very frustrated about the result,” Havertz informed Chelsea’s official club website.
” We had 42 good minutes in the first-half however then I made a error and we yielded a goal, which altered the game a bit.
” We got it to 3-2 and after that we needed to take the result and get the win at home however we didn’t do it.
Chelsea suffered more defensive turmoil against Southampton (Ben Stansall/PA)
” Now we need to stick and ideally we can do much better next time.
” We need to take duty for that; we have 11 players on the pitch and everyone has to strive so we do not yield goals like this.
” It’s not constantly a single person who makes the error so we need to take a look at our errors and attempt to solve the issues.
” It would have been great if my goal was thewinner Obviously, I enjoy with that however very disappointed too about the result.
“We had to take these three points at home and we can do that so it was a bad day for us.”
on @TimoWerner:’ They were trulygood specific goals and he looked sharp. It’s great for his self-confidence and we’ll see a lot more of that.’ #CHESOU pic.twitter.com/AwG3isx2JI
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) October 17, 2020
Chelsea need to move rapidly onto Tuesday’s Champions League opener against Europa League champions Sevilla at Stamford Bridge, with boss Frank Lampard familiar with the scale of enhancements required.
The Blues boss has kept nevertheless that development switches are not to blame for Chelsea’s dripping defence.
“I don’t think it’s conceding goals in relation to the shape of the team, that’s something for me to think about all the time,” stated Lampard.
” I’m not dead- set on playing that development, there were loads of great things from the 4-2-3-1.
“But it is something we need to continue working on, because it is a change.”
A return sparked by @IngsDanny …
Our # 9 doing what he does best: pic.twitter.com/YMRwcKIyt0
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) October 17, 2020
Saints’ last-gasp goalscorer Vestergaard firmly insisted Ralph Hasenhuttl’s side were full worth for their point in west London.
“It was challenging, a high-paced game; they came at us fast and often,” he informed Southampton’ s official club website.
” We should have to be down and needed to combat our way back into the game.
” It’s hard to come back from such circumstances, however that we did is enormous.
“Based on the second-half the draw was deserved.”
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