Saturday, 5 November 2011
Blackburn
v
Chelsea
11:00 mio :
105
And he warns that they cannot afford to fall any further behind
runaway Premier League leaders Manchester City after failing to
close the gap on Manchester United last season.
Chelsea are already nine points behind Roberto Mancini's
pace-setters following back-to-back defeats by QPR and Arsenal.
Keeper Cech has not kept a Premier League clean sheet since the
opening day of the season at Stoke and says there can be no margin
for error away to struggling Blackburn on Saturday.
The big Czech Republic star said: "At the moment we are getting
punished almost every time we make a mistake — and we have been
making too many mistakes.
"If you keep giving good opportunities to the opposition then,
of course, they will score goals.
"We keep coming back to the same problem. We are creating
chances but we're not killing the game off and it comes back and
explodes in our face.
"It is frustrating for everyone because we're going through a
period where we are playing well and having a lot of possession,
but it's just not happening for us. That is difficult to
accept.
"The sooner we are over this period, the better because we
cannot afford to drop many more points in the Premier League.
"Obviously there is still a long way to go, but Manchester City
have made a brilliant start and we cannot allow them to have too
much of an advantage.
"That's what happened to us last year when Manchester United
opened up a big lead and although we managed to close things later
in the season we could never quite catch them.
"We have to start cutting back that advantage and put the
leaders under more pressure, so the game at Blackburn on Saturday
could be a turning point for us.
"We have had two results that we didn't wish for — a 5-3 defeat
by Arsenal and then a 1-1 draw in the Champions League in Genk.
"But the best way to forget about this is to start winning games
again."