Reece James’ turn to react to our 2-2 defeat at Brentford last night, and the captain is not happy.
James was named on the bench by head coach Enzo Maresca but was brought on at half time when Chelsea were trailing 1-0 at the time. Wesley Fofana started at right back, which is not something I’d like to see too often.
“It’s disappointing not to win,” Reece told the Chelsea club website. “We came here to win, and we found ourselves a goal down, and we adapted the way we played and got ourselves back into the game. They are a strong team, and they punished us.
“We’re not happy with drawing, but we’ll keep fighting. We’ll have to accept the result and move forward.”
James also called for high standards. “There are many factors as to why the first half wasn’t good enough,” he added. “It’s a difficult place to come and we’re coming into games after an international break and that’s always tough. It’s no excuse – we have super high standards here.
“They caught us on the counter [in the first half], and we were prepared for that, but we didn’t deal with it. The second one is a set-piece where they are super strong and we didn’t deal with it today.”