On Thursday night, Chelsea suffered a 2-1 defeat to London rivals Fulham at Craven Cottage, extending their struggles in the English Premier League.
Willian and Vinicius scored after Koulibaly's goal to give the Cottagers the well-deserved victory over the Blues..
Graham Potter discusses the reasons Chelsea lost to Fulham and how he reacted to Joao Felix's debut red card after the game.
Chelsea manager Graham Potter speaking to BT Sport: "I think we controlled the game early won the ball back high created some opportunities maybe missed the last pass. We made a couple of mistakes for their goal.
"Second-half I think we responded well and then the red card changed the game. Makes it a little more difficult for us, I thought the application when we went down to 10 was really good.
"Disappointed with the goal because I think we could do better and that is what cost us, he added.
In the English Premier League, Chelsea had not lost to Fulham since 2006.
Chelsea's new signing Joao Felix is disqualified from making his Premier League debut as the team loses 2-1 to Fulham.
If you recall that the 23-year-old had just joined Chelsea on Wednesday afternoon on a six month loan move from Atlético Madrid.
Chelsea signed him up for fee in region of 10m pounds with no option to make to the move peemnant at the end of the season.
Reportminds Blog understands that Joao Felix will now miss the next three games for Chelsea.
On Joao Felix's red card: "It was a forwards tackle, there was no malice in it but I understand why it was a red. it is another blow the hits keep coming at the moment. he was really good you could see his quality in the game so it is doubly disappointing for us."
On how they can recover: "We have got to keep working there is no other solutions, you have to keep working stay together and try to get the three points
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