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​Azpilicueta insists Chelsea must put games to bed

Chelsea star Cesar Azpilicueta wants his team to put games to rest.

The Blues had to defend deep in their 2-1 win over Watford, after letting the Hornets back into the game.

And Azpilicueta knows they must be more ruthless in the future. Chelsea were 2-0 up in the game, but a Watford goal set up a grandstand finish.

"Especially in the first 25 minutes of the first half, we were very dominant,' he reflected afterwards to the club website.

"We were controlling the game, we scored the first goal and we had chances to score the second but we didn't do it so the game went to the opposite side and they created a few chances.

"We scored a second but at the end we had to suffer for the last 10 minutes and that's our fault not to score more goals when we had the chance to score and be more clinical.

"We know in the Premier League when you are 2-0 up there is nothing for granted and you have to suffer until the end so that's the one for us to try to be more clinical and close the games down."

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