Chelsea stand-in captain, Gary Cahill says Chelsea are “not robots” but admits seeing their remarkable Premier League winning run come to an end at Tottenham is painful.
The Blues headed into the crunch clash at White Hart Lane looking to set a new top-flight record of 14 consecutive wins in the same season.
However, Dele Alli scored two headers either side of the interval as Spurs halted Chelsea’s winning run at 13 games to move seven points behind the league leaders.
And although Cahill accepts Chelsea are only human, he was confident his side could have “gone to the next level” by achieving the incredible feat against their title rivals.
“We’re not robots but at the same time we’re disappointed. I thought we could have gone to that next level,” he said.
“I felt like we weren’t quite as sharp, we weren’t quite as quick as we have been – a few misplaced passed, a few heavy touches.
“We were a little bit short of the levels that we’ve set this season. You can’t be short at places like this. Credit to them, they did well and got the result.”
But Cahill is adamant Chelsea will bounce back from their first league defeat since September.
He added: “We’re disappointed with that but it’s after a run that’s been fantastic. It’s one game. It won’t affect us mentally.”
