4:25PM

Mike Penders speaks to Sky Sports - ‘We knew it would be tough’

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On the match...

“You know when you come here in this stadium it will be a difficult game and that was the matter tonight. We knew it would be tough, we are disappointed we lost the game. At one point it went very fast from side to side. Sometimes we had to control. With 11 behind the ball it is difficult to find the spaces.”

On where Chelsea stand ahead of the international break...

“How you do – good or not – it is a matter of staying together. The international break is coming so the lads can be calm in the head and when we all come back we need to be motivated to go again.”

On the Sunderland penalty...

“For me it wasn’t a penalty. He barely touched him, I think it was the other way round.…