The loss came just 48 hours after Scolari claimed they could
go the season unbeaten.
The players sat in silence after their 86- match
unbeaten home run had been wrecked. But assistant coach Wilkins
said boss Big Phil Scolari gave a rallying speech on Monday to lift
the players.
Wilkins said: “The dressing room was morgue-like after
the Liverpool game. Morgue-like. They were very down. "That’s
purely and simply the standards they set themselves and they feel
they didn’t quite reach that. They’re doubly determined to bounce
back as quickly as possible. “It’s absolutely important to get the
defeat from Liverpool out of our system.”
Chelsea are at third-placed Hull tonight and Wilkins
insists they can emulate Jose Mourinho’s side and go through the
rest of the campaign unbeaten. In Mourinho’s title-winning debut
season Chelsea lost on the ninth day of the season to Manchester
City but it proved to be their only defeat.
The loss to Liverpool came just 48 hours after Scolari
claimed they could go the season unbeaten. Wilkins added: “There is
no reason with the determination these guys have that they wouldn’t
push on and win every game. Felipe’s priority was to make sure they
were not too down.”
