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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Chelsea defender, Kurt Zouma has suggested that the Blues suffered a shocking 5-2 defeat at home to West Brom on Saturday because they were not focused.<\/p>\n

The Frenchman admitted that the defeat was \u2018difficult to swallow,\u2019 but urged his teammates to quickly bounce back.<\/p>\n

The defeat on Saturday ended Thomas Tuchel\u2019s 14-match unbeaten run in all competitions since he took over from Frank Lampard in January.<\/p>\n

The Blues looked on course for another victory after Christian Pulisic fired them ahead in the 26th minute at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

However, Thiago Silva\u2019s second yellow card in the 28th minute turned the game on its head with Matheus Pereira and Callum Robinson both completing braces.<\/p>\n

Mbaye Diagne fired in the 5th for the relegation battling visitors shortly before Mason Mount\u2019s consolation goal in the 71st minute.<\/p>\n

Zouma, who has been criticised by pundits for contributing to Chelsea\u2019s poor outing on the day, told Optus Sport, \u201cI don\u2019t know really,\u201d when asked to explain what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are days when it\u2019s not your day. We conceded five today, it was very disappointing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s not much I can say, maybe a lack of focus or maybe West Brom wanted it more than us which is not possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are days like that when nothing goes your way and it\u2019s difficult to swallow really. We have to bounce back. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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