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Chelsea attacker Sterling on his 2-goal perforrnance: Nice to play in normal position

Chelsea attacker Raheem Sterling admitted frustration after their 2-2 draw with Nottingham Forest.

Sterling scored twice on the day, but felt they should've taken the three points.

"We made it hard for ourselves conceding early, like we have in a few games recently," said Sterling to the club's website. "It's a bit difficult when you go 1-0 down but we tried to keep positive and tried to build and we got the equalising goal, then got the one to go in front.

"But then, again, we conceded a sloppy goal. It's disappointing to go 2-1 up and not get the win. We wanted to take the three points and build from the previous week's result, so we're disappointed not to do that. These are games we have to see out and get the three points, it's something we need to learn from.

"We didn't stop trying when we went a goal behind. It's difficult with the results we've had in previous weeks but it shows the professionalism that we have in the team that we're still trying to push and still trying to end the season on a high.

"So it's one that in the end we're disappointed not to win, but also it was important to make sure we didn't get a loss."

Of his own performance, Sterling added: "It's been up and down with the results and I've just been focusing on keeping working and trying the help the team.

"It's been nice, operating in a position that I'm used to, being out wide and trying to get at people and just getting some consistency in that position."

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