'I thought the crowd were great today – in terms of supporting the team and recognising the moment we’re in and recognising the young players on the pitch.' CFC
Date published: Sunday 15th January 2023 7:43 -Relieved Graham Potter thanked the Chelsea fans for their support after the Blues ended a difficult week with a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace.
“Fantastic,” said Potter. “An emotional day, because of the tributes to Gianluca, which I thought were very fitting for a man of his quality. Potter gave a debut to 21-year-old defender Benoit Badiashile, who impressed alongside Thiago Silva as Chelsea earned just their second clean sheet in the league since October.
“Benoit did really well,” said Potter. “It was a good game for him. Koulibaly’s had a lot of football recently. The turnaround from Thursday night to today was really big. “I think we’ve got to be careful. You’ve got to understand that we’ve got 11 players unavailable, so obviously you can’t just sign players to replace those because in the end you will have a squad of 30. So you have to do the right thing, look at what the right solutions are.Palace boss Patrick Vieira was booked for remonstrating with officials and believes his side were on the receiving end of some poor decisions.
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