The Relief Of Graham Potter Seeing Chelsea Still Knows How To Win

Chelsea celebrates victory over Crystal Palace. (Photo: Twitter/@ChelseaFC)

JAKARTA - Graham Potter can finally feel relieved by Chelsea's achievements in breaking the bad trend. The Blues beat Crystal Palace to return to winning ways.

Chelsea won against Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge in the 2022/2023 Premier League continued week on Sunday 15 January evening WIB. In that match, Chelsea won 1-0 thanks to Kai Havertz's goal in the second half.

Before facing Palace, Judge Ziyech et al got a series of bad results in recent matches.

Chelsea recorded only one draw and three defeats in the last four matches. In that series of poor results, there was a 0-4 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup.

The series of negative results made Chelsea and Potter sharply highlighted. But with a win over Crystal Palace, Chelsea's situation improved a bit and made Potter very relieved.

"Bohong if I say I'm not relieved because it's fun to get a win," Potter said as reported by Sky Sports on Monday, January 16.

"You have to face tough times and difficult situations, accept criticism and take responsibility. That's what we've tried to do."

"The players are suffering, of course this is not fun, but that's why it's important for them to enjoy today's win. It gave us a bit of encouragement for the weekend," he continued.

Thanks to the three points at home, Chelsea can now collect 28 points to be ranked 10th in the Premier League standings. The number of points is only 10 points behind to enter the top four.