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Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger: I'd sacrifice clean sheet for win

Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger was left frustrated after their 0-0 draw with Leicester City.

Rudiger, despite being part of the Chelsea defence which kept a third straight clean sheet and a seventh in the past nine games, took little consolation from the latest shut-out as the team did not gather the three points against Leicester.

"Honestly, I prefer that we win this game and concede a goal, at least we would have the three points," said the German international to chelseafc.com.

"Of course we are disappointed with the performance and I think we are lucky that Leicester did not score in the first half. We cannot be happy with the last few weeks. It is difficult weeks for everyone and there are lots of mistakes that we are doing."

Looking ahead with optimism however, Rudiger believes it will not take much for the side to be firing on all cylinders once again.

"It is like this sometimes. You just need that one moment. At the moment it is difficult but we have to go for it."

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