Cucurella reveals why Chelsea may have lost before after conceding first against Burnley

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Marc Cucurella has praised Chelsea’s performance after coming back from a goal down to beat Burnley 4-1 at the Turf Moor last Saturday.

The hosts went 1-0 up through Wilson Odobert early in the game, but after Raheem Sterling forced an own goal from Ameen Al-Dakhil just before the break, Chelsea regained full control of the clash.

With second half goals from Cole Palmer, Sterling, and Nicolas Jackson, the Blues made it three straight wins across all competitions, and back to back victories in the Premier League for just the first time in 12 months.

Reflecting on the victory, Cucurella said, as quoted by the official Chelsea website: “The reaction of the team after conceding the goal was very good. We created chances and after half time, we were very focused on what we needed to do.

“We scored early [in the second half] and then dominated the game. It’s a very good win for us because we were confident and scored a lot of goals.

“In other games, maybe we lose confidence [after going behind], but today we followed the game plan, kept building, and kept fighting. The confidence in the team is better after two wins in a row.

“Today, maybe we got a little bit of luck with the first goal, we’ve not had that in other games. Then we continue. We believe in ourselves and the plan and we have a really important three points.”