Chelsea defender Thiago Silva feels they can be happy with the past season.
Speaking to the official Chelsea matchday programme for the last game of 2021/22 against Watford, the defender looked back over a year of mixed fortunes, as they won the UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup while securing Champions League qualification, but lost the FA Cup and Carabao Cup finals on penalties and dropped out of Premier League title contention in the second half of the campaign.
"In general, it was a good season – not excellent," said Thiago Silva. "We were in the top three and over the course of the campaign we had a couple of cup successes and we lost a couple of cup finals. It's not what we wanted, but it was okay.
"It's the small details. When you look at it, if we had won those two penalty shoot-outs, it would have been an excellent season instead of a good season because you always remember those who win. Liverpool won the two penalty shoot-outs and it was an excellent season for them.
"If it had been the other way, it would not have been quite so good for them and it would have been a great season for us because we would have been celebrating winning four competitions instead of two. But it's what people remember – and those small margins are what make the difference that win you competitions."
Of his own plans, Thiago Silva also said: "You come for one season and you don't know what's going to happen because people look at you and maybe have a few doubts because of your age. But I was happy to accept for a second season and now a third – and who knows, maybe even a fourth after that!
"The Premier League is a dream, something that I crave. All the national leagues I've played in before, I've won, and the Premier League is no different in my eyes – it's something I really want to win.
"Obviously, we won the Champions League last season, and now I have the Premier League in mind. That's not discarding the Champions League, or any other competition in any way, but the Premier League is the one I really want to win."
