{"id":6501,"date":"2026-05-09T14:38:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6501"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:38:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:38:05","slug":"we-arent-happy-cucurella-explains-why-his-team-arent-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=6501","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;We aren&#8217;t happy&#8221; &#8211; Cucurella explains why his team aren&#8217;t content"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Marc Cucurella was disappointed that his team weren\u2019t able to win all three points today against Liverpool.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Marc Cucurella was the star of the show for Chelsea today. He wasn\u2019t necessarily the best player in the team, but he was the most influential in attack, time and again finding space down the left.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to TNT Sport after the game about how he and his team were feeling today:<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe aren\u2019t happy because we wanted the three points,\u201d Cucurella admitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut we are happy that we showed we\u2019re a really good team if we put in the effort and fight together. Hopefully we can learn from this game and play well in these last few games.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Cucurella praises \u201ceffort\u201d from Chelsea players<\/h2>\n<p>The full back also praised his team\u2019s effort, which has been sorely lacking in recent weeks:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the effort today was really good. I don\u2019t think it was probably our best moments, but we showed if we play together and if we play together then we have a good level. Hopefully we can win a bit of confidence from this game because next week we have a massive game.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chelsea\u2019s FA Cup final team has just been given a huge boost by the fact that Levi Colwill just completed 90 minutes for his team.<\/p>\n<p>There is some debate about Enzo Fernandez\u2019s goal and whether he will be awarded it \u2013 if he is, he breaks the Premier League scoring record of a few fan favourites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Marc Cucurella<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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