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Benitez produces instant Chelsea defensive improvement

Chelsea boss Rafa Benitez made an instant improvement for their 0-0 draw with Manchester City.

Chelsea had gone 10 games without a clean sheet before yesterday, including in Tuesday's fateful 3-0 Champions League defeat at Juventus.

"The team weren't performing at their level in the last games and lost a bit of confidence from the Champions League game," Benitez said.

"But this was a clean sheet after so many games. You have some positives.

"I'm not 100% satisfied because I want to win. But there aren't too many teams better than City in the Premier League."

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