da bet7： Chelsea head coach Carlo Ancelotti has urged his players not to be too downhearted after a 1-0 loss at Birmingham City led to their lead at the top of the Premier League disappearing.
da leao： The Blues have now lost three of their last four league games, but Ancelotti sees no reason to get carried away by a mini-slump.
He commented:"I've already said to the players 'don't lose confidence because you played good football.' The result is frustrating but they deserved to win.
"The team didn't play well against Sunderland and this result is not good, but we didn't deserve to lose.
"We didn't win because we were unlucky and because (Birmingham goalkeeper) Ben Foster played a good game.
"We have to take confidence from the way we played. It is just the result that was disappointing.
"It is a strange Premier League this season. There are a lot of opportunities for teams to close the gap at the top. We are losing opportunities but so are other teams.
"It is a more difficult competition this season because more teams believe in themselves.
"A month ago I said when we were doing well that there would be difficult moments ahead. This is one of them.
"But if we keep playing like that then we will win games."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email