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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

How the Chelsea players reacted in the dressing room following 2-1 Manchester City defeat

Chelsea suffered defeat in the Premier League for the first time since September as they were beaten 2-1 by reigning champions Manchester City at the weekend.

The Blues actually took the lead through N'Golo Kante at the Etihad Stadium, but the hosts hit back through Kevin De Bruyne and Riyad Mahrez before half-time to eventually seal all three points.

As a result, Frank Lampard's side have dropped a place in the table.

Given City's home record, not many would have predicted a win for the Blues despite their brilliant form on the road heading into the game.

And even though they were beaten, there's been plenty of plaudits for the west London outfit.

With that said, in an attempt to show just how far the Blues have come under the club legend this season, Lampard has revealed the reaction in the changing room after the final whistle.

"The feeling in the dressing room, it looked like they were very disappointed," Lampard told Chelseafc.com . "That’s probably a simple answer, because we lost, but also I think they expect a lot of themselves.

"I think they will take an amount of confidence, but where we want to go to means that we might come here and win, and it might mean we can actually win titles going forward.

"I like to see them disappointed – it just shows the next question is the reaction we have.

Chelsea manager Frank Lampard (Visionhaus)


"I expected us to compete in the game, because I’ve been watching us training daily, getting performances and playing well.

"I'm confident in the players we’ve got. I wanted us to win, so I probably haven’t changed my [long-term] mindset too much.

"I know this Premier League is hard and next week against West Ham will be a huge challenge, different to this, but we have to try and win it. I don’t want to jump ahead of ourselves. We’ll just go back to the training ground, back to our work and see where we can get to."

Chelsea return to action on Wednesday as they face Valencia in the Champions League.

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