Dortmund

Graham Potter bemoaned Chelsea's poor defending and bad luck after their 1-0 Champions League defeat to Borussia Dortmund, but insisted he saw positives.

"You always need a bit of luck but you can't wait around for luck, you have to keep working. "It is a counter-attack from a corner, we were close to scoring ourselves. It is half-time in the tie, we have to regroup. Apart from that, we were really, really good, we just have to score. It is disappointing, we need to do better. I thought we were the dominant team in the second half.

Graham Potter believes Chelsea are still very much in their Champions League last-16 tie against Borussia Dortmund despite a “very strong performance” in ...

“It was a very strong performance from us, especially in the second half. We need to regroup and attack the game at Stamford Bridge.” Graham Potter believes Chelsea are still very much in their Champions League last-16 tie against Borussia Dortmund despite a “very strong performance” in the first-leg in Germany ending in defeat.

Graham Potter believes Chelsea are heading in the right direction despite a 1-0 defeat in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 meeting with ...

We were pushing at the time (of the goal) and were the better team so to concede in that manner is what we’re disappointed in, but the players are honest,” Potter said. That’s the job.” “Training as a group has been fantastic so the spirit’s there in the team, it’s just we need a little bit of luck I think and we need to carry on the performance level that we had tonight and we need to try to keep improving.

There were words of optimism from Graham Potter about the remainder of our Champions League knockout tie against Borussia Dortmund, although our head coach ...

It isn't easy to pick up the speed of the Champions League but they managed it really well, and we still have three new players coming in, playing against a team that's in a good moment. We have to help them of course but we have to focus on the positive which was the performance. It was an even first half, we managed the game quite well with good opportunities to counter-attack and we hit the bar.

Chelsea may have lost to Dortmund on Wednesday, but this was one of their better performances under Graham Potter. The Blues ripped off 21 shots for an xG ...

There are real financial implications for the club if they can't get past Dortmund in the round of 16, which only get worse when it's considered that it is also unlikely the club qualify for Champions League through the league. It would be different if not scoring goals was a new issue for Potter or even Chelsea but the constant has been Kai Havertz's presence in the attack. Mudryk has had his flashes but he only took one shot and created two chances in the match while failing to make an impact. He was expected to have growing pains in the role but after being appointed in September, Potter has had time to instill some of his ideas in the squad. Forfana is raw at only 20 but throwing him into the game late to replace Kai Havertz when Dortmund's defense was allowing chances left and right but wasn't an option. Only Enzo Fernandez, Joao Felix, and Mykailo Mudryk were registered for the completion when David Dataro Fofana has been their only new signing that is somewhat of a true number nine.