Chelsea supervisor Graham Potter mentioned he had nothing to apologize to Brighton & Hove Albion followers for after he was booed by some supporters as his new aspect have been thrashed 4-1 by his former membership on the Blues boss’s return to the south coast.
Potter was greeted by some jeers as he took to the pitch for his or her Premier League recreation on the Amex Stadium on Saturday regardless of exceeding expectations throughout three years as Brighton supervisor earlier than leaving to take the Chelsea job final month. The house followers relished new coach Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton aspect placing Chelsea to the sword, singing “You’re getting sacked within the morning” and “Potter, what’s the rating” within the path of their former supervisor.
“I’ve nothing to apologize or ask for forgiveness for,” Potter mentioned. “I feel I did a great job on the membership and left it in a great place however individuals are entitled to their opinions.
“It’s a part of the method. It’s important to endure and really feel ache in an effort to develop and get higher. No person mentioned we have been the completed article. We now have to take the ache at this time and be taught from it.” Leandro Trossard’s early strike and two personal targets noticed Chelsea path 3-0 by halftime, leaving them with an excessive amount of to do within the second half as Potter tasted defeat for the primary time since taking on at Stamford Bridge.
The Blues conceded double the variety of targets on Saturday as they did of their first 5 league matches below the brand new boss. “You’ll be able to all the time take a look at targets and assume you are able to do higher. We now have to take accountability a bit within the first half,” Potter added. “We now have had a whole lot of soccer however that’s no excuse. We couldn’t fairly get to that stage. We didn’t take our alternatives in assault and so they did.
“We had some alternatives to assault them too however sadly we missed the move or didn’t execute, then the scoreline was a painful one. While you lose you possibly can all the time do higher.”