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		</div><p>Christian Pulisic has admitted he must sharpen up his finishing after Chelsea threw away a lead at Brighton.</p>
<p>The USA forward tormented the Albion defence but spurned three fine chances as Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw on the south coast on New Year’s Day.</p>
<p>Cesar Azpilicueta tapped Chelsea into an early lead and Frank Lampard’s men dominated the first hour, only to slip off the pace in the closing stages.</p>
<p>Alireza Jahanbakhsh conjured a stunning overhead kick for the hosts, who could even have claimed the win late on, leaving Pulisic pulling no punches on Chelsea’s room for improvement.</p>
<p><em>“We said at half time that we had the chance to kill the game and we just weren’t able to,”</em> said Pulisic.</p>
<p><em>“We couldn’t get the goal and in the end they found an unbelievable goal.</em></p>
<p><em>“So now it is about doing a bit more to keep going, attack and create chances and just have that killer instinct. Just a little bit of that, we are missing that.</em></p>
<p><em>“I can do better with that as well. Just being more clinical in the final third, finding the right pass or shot and scoring the goals. That’s both mental and technical.</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Our first goal of the decade! â½ï¸</p>
<p>A great way to mark your 100th start as Chelsea captain, <a href="https://twitter.com/CesarAzpi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CesarAzpi</a>! ð <a href="https://t.co/0b9oNZwh9M">pic.twitter.com/0b9oNZwh9M</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC/status/1212493703090188293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“After we scored the first goal it was just about continuing and just not stopping there, making it two or three and putting the game to bed.</em></p>
<p><em>“We’ve had troubles with that this year and then in the end, they fought until the end, scored a great goal and that is how it goes.”</em></p>
<p>Chelsea are able to strengthen in the January window with their FIFA transfer ban having been lifted on appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).</p>
<p>The Blues have long admired Leicester left-back Ben Chilwell and have also run the rule over Wilfried Zaha and Jadon Sancho.</p>
<p>New boss Lampard though has insisted that Chelsea will only add players he believes can fit his blueprint for the Stamford Bridge club’s future.</p>
<p>Pulisic arrived from Borussia Dortmund in the summer and insisted Chelsea’s current players would welcome extra competition for places should the club dip into the transfer market this month.</p>
<p><em>“It is normal that teams look to improve and and if players do come in there is competition, that is how it goes,”</em> said Pulisic.</p>
<p><em>“So we’ll be ready for that and hopefully we’ll have players that come in and want to help us.”</em></p>
<p>Jahanbakhsh’s acrobatic finish capped a fine festive period for Brighton’s Iran striker.</p>
<p>The 26-year-old ended a 20-match Premier League drought with a goal in the 2-0 win over Bournemouth, and struck again to bag the draw with Chelsea.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Goal of the decade (so far)&#8230;? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BHACHE?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BHACHE</a> <a href="https://t.co/tgwEupd7zd">pic.twitter.com/tgwEupd7zd</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Premier League (@premierleague) <a href="https://twitter.com/premierleague/status/1212638928118976512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Brighton boss Graham Potter hailed the club’s record signing for refusing to let his spirits drop during a tough first year on the south coast.</p>
<p><em>“All the credit must go to Ali, it’s not just that it hasn’t happened for him under me here,”</em> said Potter.</p>
<p><em>“If you ask him and the club, he was here for a year last year and didn’t contribute as much as he would like to the team.</em></p>
<p><em>“So to carry on and not get to frustrated where you can’t be yourself, that takes a lot of belief. He’s hugely professional and has worked extremely hard.</em></p>
<p><em>“Tactically at the start of the season we made it difficult for him to get into the team. But he provides something the other guys haven’t got and I like him a lot.”</em></p>
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