Mason Mount reflects on Chelsea's 'agonising' Newcastle defeat | OneFootball

Mason Mount admitted that Chelsea’s agonising defeat at Newcastle on Saturday was “tough to take”.

Isaac Hayden’s injury time header was enough to give the Magpies a 1-0 win, leaving the Blues in fourth place just five points ahead of Manchester United.

It was the Blues second defeat in five games and Mount conceded that luck just wasn’t on their side at St James Park.

“It’s a tough one to take,’ he told the club’s official website.

“Even a draw we would have been disappointed with. We had a lot of possession, we created a lot of chances, but when we score no goals we can’t say anything.

“They did unbelievable to defend the whole game, making blocks, winning tackles, and in football anything can happen. They then go to the other end of the pitch late on and score.

“We spoke after the game and we thought we gave everything we could. I thought we created loads of chances. In some other games we didn’t create as many.

“We had some shots on target, but when the team are defending that well and that deep it’s hard to break them down.

“We had a lot of possession. They had a lot of bodies behind the ball. We put crosses in, they defended it, so we need to look at what ways we can maybe add to our game to score these goals.

“It was hard for us to get the ball in the areas we want and create chances. Credit to them that they defended so well, I thought we gave it our all and worked hard throughout the game, but in football anything can happen.”

Next up for Chelsea is a mouth-watering London derby against Arsenal on Tuesday.