Malouda puts Wigan behind him

30 September 2009 08:57
Chelsea winger Florent Malouda insists the players are determined to shake off their Wigan woes by maintaining an unbeaten start to this season's Champions League campaign with victory over Apoel Nicosia. Carlo Ancelotti's unblemished record as Chelsea coach came to a crushing end on Saturday as Wigan destroyed the Blues 3-1 - a defeat that allowed Manchester United to regain top spot in the Barclays Premier League. Chelsea captain John Terry and the suspended Didier Drogba have both strongly criticised the team's performance against the Latics and Malouda revealed the anger was already evident at half-time. "He (John) started first with the players," revealed Malouda. "Everybody spoke at half-time in the dressing room but that stays with the players. "The players know it wasn't a good performance and not the level we expect of Chelsea. When you lose the way we did, nobody can be happy with that. We spoke and now we have the opportunity to react and, I would say, to act. "Against Wigan we were always reacting and were late with everything. Now we have an opportunity in another competition."

Source: Eurosport