The draw was a damaging result and led to Benitez receiving yet more jeering from the Stamford Bridge crowd.

"We should have won, but credit to Southampton," said Benítez. "No, I'm not angry. I'm disappointed. When you know your players, what they can do and have to do, you're disappointed [to draw]. But I have to think about improving for the next one. That is what we do. Analysing; trying to coach players in the right way."