Luck Was Not On Our Side Against Arsenal —Chelsea Defender Lacroix

Chelsea defender Maxence Lacroix has said the Blues deserved a draw against Arsenal on Sunday as luck was against them in the 2-1 defeat at the Emirates.

Xabi Alonso’s side made the ideal start to the afternoon in north London as Morgan Rogers scored the opener within two minutes.

That sparked a brilliantly entertaining first half which was end-to-end and finished level after Kai Havertz equalised for the home team.

The second period was not quite as thrilling as Martin Odegaard put Arsenal ahead on 50 minutes and Mikel Arteta’s men were largely in control from then on.

Chelsea did have periods of pressure and Estevao forced David Raya into a fine save late on, but Arsenal were good value for the three points.

Lacroix did not quite see it like that, feeling that the west Londoners deserved a draw in the derby, but did not have luck on their side.

“We are a little bit unhappy, of course, after losing, but I believe that we did well to be honest,’ said the France international (via Metro).

“We just have to adjust some points. I think it’s not easy to play there but we did good.

“We accept the loss but we want to learn from it. I think it’s good to learn about the mistakes and all the wrong parts. We have to go forward and go again.“

“I think it was a good start but once they scored it got more and more difficult. But we showed that we also had good actions and good attacks, so the defeat hurts a little bit. We gave our best.

“I think we deserved more. Luck was not by our side, but we have to accept it. The desire to score, the attitude was clear. We showed good character until the very end. We deserved the 2-2, but we learned for next time.”