Chelsea take on Southampton this weekend and manager Graham Potter has hinted that his team is yet to play as one cohesive unit.
The Blues suffered a loss at the hands of Borussia Dortmund in midweek and defending that result, Potter has claimed that when working with so many new players one has to have patience.
“I don’t like to use luck as something to wait for as you can’t control it,” Potter told reporters(via Fotmob). “Clearly you need it.
“The Dortmund game was a positive in terms of chances created. The criticism for us and the fair criticism is that we haven’t attacked as well as I would have liked us to. It was closer.
“We feel there’s progress, but you play a game and you need to win it. There is a lot going on, integrating new players and all of the time playing good opponents. That’s where we’re at.”
Chelsea have drawn three and lost one out of their previous four matches but they should be getting back to winning ways against the Saints.
Southampton haven’t kept a clean sheet in 7 matches plus they have just sacked their manager Nathan Jones. They have won just four league games this season and are currently 20th on the league table.
With the kind of firepower that Chelsea have they should be able to bulldoze their way through the Saints defence and this one should be an easy win for the Blues.
Three points will not only help them move up the table but will also give them much-needed confidence to the London side before their second-leg clash against BVB. They trail the German club so Potter’s men will need to be at their absolute best to progress to the next round of the Champions League.
