MARC Cucurella admits Chelsea need to quickly overcome the inconsistency which has marred their start to the season so far.
The defender was part of a backline which shipped four goals at Newcastle on Saturday in a heavy 4-1 defeat which came on the back of a 4-4 draw with Man City and an earlier 4-1 success at Spurs.
Chelsea’s struggles at home have been well documented and they return to Stamford Bridge on Sunday to host Brighton.
Ironically Cucurella is suspended for the game against his old club after collecting yellow card number five of the campaign in the drubbing at St James’ Park.
But even though he will be a frustrated spectator, the Spaniard still accepts collectively Chelsea need to put an end to the stop-start form which has left them in mid-table and 12 points off the Champions League places.
He said: “We have a lot of talent but we need to show that every week.
“It’s not enough to show it one week and then not the next. We need to be more consistent.
“We need to delete this game and see the mistakes, and then we need to show our character next week.
“When you have a good result you are not the best team, and when you lose you are not the worst.
“So we need to stay together in these bad moments and train hard because we have a very important game next week.”
Cuceralla at least didn’t try and sugarcoat what happened at Newcastle in what was the worst display of the season so far.
He added: “We played very bad. We didn’t have a good performance.
“We made too many mistakes, which you can’t do at this level.
“It’s not like we are conceding incredible goals, they are little mistakes. We need to improve on these things in training.
“Every duel we lost gave them more confidence, but this is not an excuse.
“We didn’t show our personality. We need to change this.
“It’s very difficult in this league if you don’t show your character.”
Manager Mauricio Pochettino was absent from the dugout because of suspension and offered few excuses after witnessing the worst result since his appointment in the summer.
“It wasn’t our best game,” admitted the Blues boss.
“In fact, I’d say that was probably our worst performance of the season.
“It was really tough to be in the stands today and not be able to influence things.
“I think both teams weren’t at their best levels, but we absolutely cannot complain about the result.
“We only scored one goal, while Newcastle were very ruthless with their chances and deserved to win.”
