Chelsea coach Graham Potter acknowledged the frustration of fans who booed the Blues off after a 1-0 home defeat by the Premier League's bottom club Southampton on Saturday but said his critics were wrong to put all the blame on him.
He said he assumed responsibility for Chelsea's poor first half when his team -- with six changes from the side that lost but played well at Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in midweek -- went behind to a free-kick by Southampton's dead-ball specialist James Ward-Prowse shortly before the break.
Big-spending Chelsea -- who splashed out around 300 million pounds on players in January alone -- have now won just two games in their last 14 in all competitions. Saturday's defeat left Chelsea in 10th place, far off a top-four finish needed to qualify for next season's Champions League. So far, their American owners, who bought the club last year, have stood by Potter, saying they are building for the long term.
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