Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta refused to blame the referee for their FA Cup final defeat.
The Spaniard said his side have to look at themselves after dropping from their usual level.
Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta declined to blame referee Anthony Taylor for his sides FA Cup last defeat by Arsenal.
The official roughly gave Mateo Kovacic a 2nd yellow card in the 73rd minute and left the Blues with an uphill job of overturning a 2-1 deficit with simply over 15 minutes remaining.
Christian Pulisic had actually provided Frank Lampards side an early lead but Azpilicueta yielded a charge after dragging back Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. The striker transformed the spot-kick before scoring the winner mid-way through the second half.
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We need to take a look at ourselves – we dropped our level: Cesar Azpilicueta refuses to blame the referee after Chelseas FA Cup final defeat by rivals Arsenal at Wembley
The Blues skipper was forced to watch many of the game from the sidelines after he went off with a hamstring injury right before half-time..
While the huge calls went versus his side, Azpilicueta insisted he and his team-mates just had themselves to blame..
A lot of times there were 50-50s (that went Arsenals way) and we had the same in 2017 – however we have to look further than this, Azpilicueta told chelseafc.com.
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Cesar Azpilicueta refused to blame the referee for Chelseas FA Cup final defeat.
The Blues captain provided a penalty away while Mateo Kovacic was harshly dispatched.
He confessed that his side dropped their level as they were beaten by Arsenal.
The Spaniard was required off with a hamstring injury simply prior to half-time.
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We need to look at ourselves. We understand 2 weeks earlier when we played versus Man United (in the semi-final), we actually managed it.
Its unpleasant and a tough one to take. Clearly when you lose a last, its always painful.
We started the game well and scored an early objective which typically provides a confidence to develop on but we didnt capitalise on it.
We dropped our level a little bit and we were punished..
Anthony Taylor awarded the Gunners a penalty prior to roughly dispatching Mateo Kovacic.
