Chelsea boss Graham Potter knows fans are furious after their home defeat to Southampton.

James Ward-Prowse struck for the 1-0 win for the visitors.

Potter said, “After a 1-0 defeat at home, any criticism you get is understandable. I think we've had a tough period and I think we've had lots of challenges in terms of integrating young players into the Premier League. While results don't go your way it can be tough, that is how it is.

"I'm sure there will be people out there that think I'm the problem, absolutely. I don't think they're right but I'm not arrogant enough to say their opinion isn't worth articulating. My job is to help the team, keep working through a team period, we've had to make some changes today and the truth is we took a step back in our performance in the first half. The response in the second half was good, but it wasn't good enough."

Asked about Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's continued omission, he added: “I would say keep doing what he's doing. We made the decision to give David (Datro Fofana) the opportunity and we still had Kai [Havertz] and Raheem coming on and I think they impacted the game well. But obviously, when you don't score and have created chances, I understand the question."