Graham Potter has admitted the break for the World Cup has come at the right time after his Chelsea team lost for the fourth time in five matches against Newcastle.
Chelsea were beaten 1-0 at St James’ Park to record their third straight Premier League defeat and leave them eight points adrift of the top four heading into the break.
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Asked afterwards whether the pause in domestic football was coming at the right time for his beleaguered team, Potter said: “We have to see it that way.
“We can’t do anything about it [the break] and we have to use it as a positive. “We’ll have a couple of players back [from injury] and we can use the time to refocus, reflect and get ready for the second half of the season.
“There’s a lot of football to play, a lot of learning that’s happened over the last eight weeks and the break, we’ll have to use it as positively as we can.”
