Chelsea will be happy with the point after the turn of events over the last few days which saw their manager Graham Potter being sacked.
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Chelsea’s interim head coach Bruno Saltor believes they created enough chances to get the three points against Liverpool on Tuesday night. The Blues and Reds played out a goalless draw in the highly-anticipated Premier League contest. There were very few chances and not many goal-mouth action that took place on Tuesday night. However, Chelsea will be happy with the point after the turn of events over the last few days which saw their manager Graham Potter being sacked.
“We created enough chances to win the game, had two goals disallowed,” he was quoted as saying by the club’s website. “The boys gave everything, they played with their heart and you can’t ask for more. It’s just the executions in front of the goal. They’re human beings and the confidence has to be there. Sometimes, if just one doesn’t go in, after it’s just a consequence and we just need to keep helping the boys.
“They’ve been going through a lot, it’s been a tough season for them. As I said, they’re human beings and still I know they missed chances but where they could affect the most, the attitude and the effort was there. They score a lot of goals in training. Always coming into a game it’s completely different and it’s something that, yes we’ve been speaking about it and working on it, and we need to keep going.”
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A week ago, not many would have anticipated Bruno Saltor to be leading Chelsea on the pitch against Liverpool. However, the managerial change over the last couple of days made it possible. When asked about the events over past 48 hours, Saltor said, “It’s been really difficult for them because it’s not the first time they’ve been in this situation this season and as a player you invest a lot in the manager as well. There have been some great relationships created with the players and the players suffer,” he added.
“But Graham has been really supportive with them after leaving and you could see that on the pitch tonight. The boys gave everything and they fought. It’s been really difficult for me to enjoy this experience, truly. It’s been really difficult, sad with disappointment, but I’ve just focused on being the best version of myself, trying to help the boys, be supportive and just focusing on hour after hour, day by day.”
Bruno Saltor then went on to explain the changes he made to the team’s shape and structure. “It was a four in midfield because Joao was more of a 10. It was a little bit more like a diamond and it’s something that before we’ve been working on, trying to understand the spaces,” he explained. “I thought the boys did it really well, we had good possession, we had counter-attacks, I think we affected the game good enough. It’s not been a massive change, just obviously personnel affects the game a lot and affects the boys.”
