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Chelsea midfielder Kai Havertz: I thought I'd scored the winner and then...

Chelsea midfielder Kai Havertz admitted frustration after their 3-3 draw with Southampton.

The German scored his first Premier League goal to make it 3-2 against Southampton with half an hour remaining, restoring our advantage following Danny Ings's brace, but it had been the 21-year-old caught in possession that led to the Saints halving the deficit at a crucial moment just before half-time and he could only watch as Jan Vestergaard snatched a late leveller in stoppage time.

"We're very frustrated about the result," he said. "We had 42 good minutes in the first half but then I made a mistake and we conceded a goal, which changed the game a little bit.

"We got it to 3-2 and then we have to take the result and get the win at home but we didn't do it. Now we have to stick together and hopefully we can do better next time."

It looked like Havertz's maiden strike in English league football would be enough to secure the points for manager Frank Lampard's men but the concession of a third goal late in added time meant it was a disappointing day all round.

"It would have been great if it was the winner," he added. "Of course, I'm happy with that but very frustrated too about the result. We have to take these three points at home and we can do that so it's a bad day for us."

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