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‘We played some of our best football this season’

Despite the scoreline, Joe Montemurro was full of pride for his team’s performance against Chelsea on Wednesday night.

Our head coach accepted that we lost concentration in key moments, but was encouraged by some of our passing play and movement in the final third.

We spoke to Montemurro after the final whistle - and here’s what he had to say:

on the game being very transitional…
We needed to protect the our defensive area because of their front four and what that does is naturally opens a big space between your defence and your midfield.