It was defeat in Germany for Chelsea last night, but it is only half time in the grand scheme of things.
On the night, Borussia Dortmund beat Chelsea 1-0, but that far from tells the whole story. Chelsea were good, and the deserved to win on the night. It was numerous missed clear chances that stopped them from doing just that.
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They will now go back to Stamford Bridge for the second leg, and they are more than in with a shot of still knocking Dortmund out and advancing in the competition.
We’ve been speaking about how the new players will take time to gel and the word ‘patience’ has been mentioned a lot lately, but how long do we need to wait to see it all clicking and results coming in?
Kai Havertz believes it’s coming, in his words after the Dortmund game yesterday. He says they have taken another step forward last night.
As cited by Malay Mail, Havertz said: “We have had a lot of new players join in this window and I think you can definitely see us improving and getting that chemistry with one another now.
“This was another step forward, even though we lost. The result wasn’t what we wanted, but I think we showed some good signs — especially in the second half — and we need to build on that.
“I don’t think we should be too unhappy with our performance because we created the opportunities, but it’s just frustrating that we couldn’t take any of them. We have to look at that and try to improve on that front.”