“I feel sorry for the fans”

Joao Pedro has said it was an early goal that cost Chelsea against Nottingham Forest – but he had no answers to why his team start badly.

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Apart from Jesse Derry, Joao Pedro was the only Chelsea player to emerge from today’s latest embarrassing defeat with any credit. He scored a late consolation goal, and also had the stones to speak to the Sky Sports cameras after the defeat.

He’s in a bad place, as are the rest of his team.

“From the beginning, we conceded too early. Against Nottingham Forest it is always difficult to change the game,” the striker answered when asked what had gone wrong for his team.

“We need to find a way not to do these mistakes every game. This is Premier League. If you concede too early, it is very difficult to come back.”

Chelsea must start games better – but nobody knows how

It was another goal conceded after just a couple of minutes, following on from a Brighton game two weeks ago where the Blues had a similar early surrender. Asked why the team were so incapable of starting games well, JP didn’t have an answer:

“Everyone needs to look to themselves. Me included. We need to find a way to do better. I feel sorry for the fans. From tomorrow we need to see what we can improve.”