Guus Hiddink felt Chelsea could have wrapped up their victory over Norwich City a lot sooner after a Great start at Carrow Road.
Hiddink accused Chelsea of taking their foot off the pedal after watching his team hang on to a 2-1 victory at Norwich city on Tuesday.
The defending champions started like a house on fire at Carrow Road with Kenedy scoring the fastest Premier League goal of the season after just 39 seconds.
Diego Costa doubled Chelsea’s lead in first-half stoppage time from what looked like an offside position when he ran through to score, before Norwich mounted a second-half comeback. Nathan Redmond’s goal in the 68th minute gave them hope but Chelsea held on to extend their unbeaten run to 12 games.
Hiddink said “We didn’t want to go into that battle but they forced us into it,” “We were sloppy in the first half, we started very well but I think we could have finished it off earlier in the first half, we were complacent to finish it off. “Then we went 2-0 but in the end they made our lives very difficult.” “It was horrible by the end,” added Gary Cahill. “The last 15 to 20 minutes was tough.”The first half we were in control. In the second, it League goal of the season after just 39 seconds.
Diego Costa doubled Chelsea’s lead in first-half stoppage time from what looked like an offside position when he ran through to score, before Norwich mounted a second-half comeback. Nathan Redmond’s goal in the 68th minute gave them hope but Chelsea held on to extend their unbeaten run to 12 games.
Hiddink said “We didn’t want to go into that battle but they forced us into it,” “We were sloppy in the first half, we started very well but I think we could have finished it off earlier in the first half, we were complacent to finish it off. “Then we went 2-0 but in the end they made our lives very difficult.” “It was horrible by the end,” added Gary Cahill. “The last 15 to 20 minutes was tough. “The first half we were in control. In the second, it was a totally different game. But he was also quick to underline the importance of Chelsea’s strong recent run after a third consecutive win which sees them move up to 8th on the log.
