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Thibaut Courtois: Players have let down Chelsea image and reputation

Thibaut Courtois admits the player let down Chelsea last night in Rome.

Chelsea were thumped 3-0 by Champions League opponents Roma in the heaviest defeat of manager Antonio Conte's time in charge.

Afterwards, Courtois conceded they'd left a "bad image" of themselves in Italy, but urged his teammates to show a reaction by beating Manchester United at Stamford Bridge this weekend.

He told BT Sport: "We have to fight back on Sunday against Manchester United.

"Sometimes last season I had nothing to do in a game, sometimes I'd have one save to make. We have to react on Sunday as today was a bad image of ourselves."

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