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Chelsea news: Antonio Rudiger blasts ‘STUPID’ team-mates and makes Liverpool admission
CHELSEA defender Antonio Rudiger has admitted the club’s Premier League title challenge is over.
Maurizio Sarri: We had opportunities to score
The Blues suffered defeat to Leicester at Stamford Bridge as Jamie Vardy netted the winner.
And that leaves Chelsea 11 points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool.
After the match Rudiger admitted the Blues would now look to secure a top four place rather than winning the title and he also criticised his team-mates.
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He said: “It is a disaster. We do not talk about the title anymore.
Maybe it is a lack of mentality, stupid
“If we cannot win these games, we cannot compete.
“We only talk about the top four now.
“Maybe it is a lack of mentality, stupid.”
Chelsea boss Sarri also gave his analysis of the performance and believes his side were unlucky at some moments in the match.
“We played well for 55 minutes," Sarri said.
“I think that, of course, in some situations we were unlucky but I think that we could have done something better.
“After the goal the reaction was not the right reaction.
“We reacted a little shocked and with mental confusion.
“We had to only keep playing like we did before the goal, there was time to recover.”
Next up for Chelsea is a clash with Watford on Boxing Day at Vicarage Road.
After that the Blues round out 2018 with a match against Crystal Palace.