Chelsea boss Graham Potter admits he is “concerned” with his team’s form after they were held to a 1-1 draw by strugglers Nottingham Forest in the Premier League. The Blues have won just one of their last seven top-flight matches and have fallen to eighth in the table.
“Hard earned point, against a team that are set up well they put us under pressure second half,” Potter told Sky Sports after the match at the City Ground. “Our performance level wasn’t good enough to take the three points. We didn’t move the ball fast enough, not enough movement. But it would’ve been unfair to take the three points.
“When the game became a bit more out of control we suffered with the duels and struggled to deal with that aspect. It’s a tough game, Forest played a good game but we’re disappointed with our performance over the 90 minutes and concerned we didn’t deserve the win.”
Chelsea took the lead in the east Midlands as Raheem Sterling reacted quickest after the ball had come back off the crossbar. But the Blues were unable to capitalise on their lead and were pegged back just after the hour mark as Serge Aurier turned the ball in after the visitors had failed to deal with a corner.
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“It was overall below par for us. You have to credit Forest, they did what they did well. We didn’t do well enough when we had control. Not easy to create against Forest because they can defend deep and attack spaces well. We can improve that. We suffered in the second half so in the end it’s a performance we’re not happy with, we have to accept the point but we are disappointed.
“It’s always disappointing to concede how we did, watching the game we weren’t in control at that point anyway. As much as I’m disappointed with the goal that’s not the reason we dropped points, our overall performance wasn’t good. We have to be honest and try to improve.”
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