Asmir Begovic: Chelsea can still challenge Man City, Man United and Arsenal for title

Asmir Begovic's first start for Chelsea ended in a 3-0 defeat by Manchester City

ASMIR BEGOVIC insists Chelsea can recover from their 3-0 loss to Manchester City on Sunday and still challenge for the title.

 

The Blues suffered a huge setback at the Etihad Stadium as goals from Sergio Aguero, Vincent Kompany and Fernandinho saw Manuel Pellegrini's side go top of the table - five points clear of Chelsea.

Begovic made his first Premier League start for the west London side but could do little to stop a ruthless Pellegrini side.

"It’s part of my job to make those saves and help the team when necessary," he said. "It’s difficult to take when you lose. It doesn’t mean a lot after. We need to start picking ourselves up and improving our performances and results."

 

"We came to get a win or at least a point. Man City had a point to prove and they came on aggressively from the start. 

"We didn’t match that intensity in the first half, but we responded and in the second half had some chances and were more in control of the game. 

"If you don’t score it’s difficult though and unfortunately they sucker-punched us with the second goal which killed the game.

 

Chelsea travel to West Brom on Sunday hoping to get back to winning ways and despite their five point gap between themselves and the leaders, Begovic believes they still have plenty of time to make up the difference.

"All we can do is get past this start, improve on the training ground, get our sharpness going and look to West Brom," the Bosnian added.

"It’s still early so we have time to pick up the points we have lost but we need to get some results in the next couple of games to get our season going and then hopefully we can push on for the rest of the season."