Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti admitted his side's 3-0 defeat by Sunderland was the worst performance in his time at Stamford Bridge.

While 盡管 they're still at the top of the table, Chelsea have had their Premier League lead cut to two points following Sunday's game.

"We have to meet about this on Thursday after the international break to look at what happened," said Ancelotti, who took over at Chelsea in June 2009.

It's the Blues' third league loss this season, but their first at home.

Ancelotti said it had been downhill from the off in the match 從比賽一開始就走下坡路:



"All the things were wrong. We didn't play how we wanted to, Sunderland showed fantastic spirit 展示了極好的精神狀態(tài) and played better."

Sunderland manager Steve Bruce was quietly pleased when he spoke to reporters after the game.



"You can talk about tactics 談論戰(zhàn)術 as much as you like, but one thing you have to do against the big teams is show up, take the ball, show a bit of courage 顯示出點兒膽量 and a bit of bottle 一點兒信心 and thankfully we've done that today against a very good team," he said.

He said Sunderland had "produced a fantastic performance," emphasising it was "not a fluke 僥幸，偶然".



Praising his players, he said:

"All round 總的來說，they all produced a fantastic performance. I hope people talk about Sunderland rather than Chelsea's poor performance. It's not a fluke."

It's been a roller-coaster few weeks 猶如做過山車般驚險的幾周 for Chelsea followed a loss at Liverpool the previous Sunday and a 1-0 win over Fulham midweek.



Ancelotti was frank about his team's uneven performances in the last few games.

"One month ago everything was OK. Now we are in difficulty but we have to move on 前進 quickly," he said.