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Chelsea boss Potter reflects on Brighton thrashing: I must learn from it

Chelsea boss Graham Potter admits he will learn lessons from their loss against Brighton.

The Premier League giants were humbled away from home at Potter's old club, losing 4-1 at the weekend.

Now they must turn their form around, as they prepare for a midweek Champions League clash against Dinamo Zagreb.

Speaking about the Brighton game, Potter told a press conference: “It's been a process since the game to be honest. It's one of those things you have to deal with. It's never nice to lose and the manner that we did was not pleasant. I think we got caught up with the atmosphere. I think they came out of the blocks very fast, we didn't do that. Before we can talk about anything form a tactical perspective, we're 2-0 down and then the environment is completely positive for the home team and not to us.

“We had a big chance to make it 2-1 and then the game became a little bit open that we would like. Their goalie makes another good save but in the end we didn't do well enough to get the points. We scored at the start of the second half, at that point pushed and pushed for a little bit, if we'd scored maybe it would have been interesting. As the game went into the last bits as we were pushing to get a goal, too much probably, it opens us up and the fourth one is disappointing and the scoreline is what it is. Overall we have to learn from the game and we have to be better."

He added on the approach in midweek: “We have to have respect for the competition and respect for the teams. We have to prepare to win. We're at home, we want to finish the competition off well at this stage and we want to respond from the disappointment of the weekend. We'll pick a team that we think can win with respect to the opponent and we'll try our best."

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