'We need to look at ourselves' – James frustrated after Chelsea pegged back by Villa

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'We need to look at ourselves' – James frustrated after Chelsea pegged back by VillaShareChelsea have now won just one of their last six Premier League games, after surrendering a first-half lead against Aston Villa on Saturday.Reece James conceded Chelsea "need to look at ourselves" following Saturday's defeat by Aston Villa.The Blues were beaten 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, where the visitors came from behind in the second half thanks to an Ollie Watkins brace after Joao Pedro had opened the scoring.Chelsea have now won just one of their last six Premier League games, while they missed the chance to leapfrog Liverpool back into fourth place.And James acknowledged the Blues were punished for letting their performance levels drop."I think it's always disappointing to lose at home," he said. "We dominated 60-65 minutes of the game. The first 60 minutes, they didn't create any chances, and then they get one and then the game changes."I think we came out sharp the way we set up. The way we wanted to play on the front foot in the right way and, in the second half, one or two moments changed the game. They picked up momentum, and it was difficult."They made substitutions. The shape maybe changed slightly, but nothing we shouldn't be able to deal with."We've played them numerous times, and we understand the style and the way they want to play, but I think we need to look at ourselves. We wanted to win, and we didn't, and we're super disappointed."We made one or two errors. One error leads to the corner and the other error leads to Ollie's [Watkins] first goal, so I think we have ourselves to blame. Two errors from us, and we got punished. This is the toughest league in the world."Chelsea have dropped 11 points from winning positions in home Premier League matches this season – four more than any other side.Enzo Maresca has now lost four top-flight home games when going 1-0 up, with only Glenn Hoddle (five) losing more such games as Blues boss."I think for one hour, until we conceded, we dominated the game," Maresca added. "We were very good. Unfortunately, after that, the dynamic of the game changed a little bit. I think by the time they scored to make it 1-1, we should have scored two or three more."If you analyse the first hour of the game, you are not talking about experience. But after that, we struggled with that. The changes they made – Watkins, [Amadou] Onana and [Jadon] Sancho – improved them a little bit."'We need to look at ourselves' – James frustrated after Chelsea pegged back by VillaChelsea have now won just one of their last six Premier League games, after surrendering a first-half lead against Aston Villa on Saturday.Reece James conceded Chelsea "need to look at ourselves" following Saturday's defeat by Aston Villa.The Blues were beaten 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, where the visitors came from behind in the second half thanks to an Ollie Watkins brace after Joao Pedro had opened the scoring.Chelsea have now won just one of their last six Premier League games, while they missed the chance to leapfrog Liverpool back into fourth place.And James acknowledged the Blues were punished for letting their performance levels drop."I think it's always disappointing to lose at home," he said. "We dominated 60-65 minutes of the game. The first 60 minutes, they didn't create any chances, and then they get one and then the game changes."I think we came out sharp the way we set up. The way we wanted to play on the front foot in the right way and, in the second half, one or two moments changed the game. They picked up momentum, and it was difficult."They made substitutions. The shape maybe changed slightly, but nothing we shouldn't be able to deal with."We've played them numerous times, and we understand the style and the way they want to play, but I think we need to look at ourselves. We wanted to win, and we didn't, and we're super disappointed."We made one or two errors. One error leads to the corner and the other error leads to Ollie's [Watkins] first goal, so I think we have ourselves to blame. Two errors from us, and we got punished. This is the toughest league in the world."Chelsea have dropped 11 points from winning positions in home Premier League matches this season – four more than any other side.Enzo Maresca has now lost four top-flight home games when going 1-0 up, with only Glenn Hoddle (five) losing more such games as Blues boss."I think for one hour, until we conceded, we dominated the game," Maresca added. "We were very good. Unfortunately, after that, the dynamic of the game changed a little bit. I think by the time they scored to make it 1-1, we should have scored two or three more."If you analyse the first hour of the game, you are not talking about experience. But after that, we struggled with that. The changes they made – Watkins, [Amadou] Onana and [Jadon] Sancho – improved them a little bit."