For 45 minutes of this afternoon’s contest at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea looked the more likely to take all three points. We had the better of the chances and were unfortunate to have a Marc Cucurella goal ruled out for offside.

However, in the second period, City took control of the game. They went in front through a header from Nico O’Reilly and added a second six minutes later via Marc Guehi.

Jeremy Doku then struck a third to guarantee victory for the visitors and condemn the Blues to a third consecutive defeat in the Premier League.

While pleased with our first-half display, Rosenior accepts our performance in the second period was not at the level required against a side with City's quality.

'Massively disappointing, especially from our first half performance,' reflected our head coach. 'But it's happened too many times [that we've conceded two goals in quick succession].

'Man City start the second half better than us; that can happen against a good team. But what you can't do is concede two goals in the manner that we did, so quickly after one another.

'Again, it comes down to resilience in difficult moments and seeing those moments through and making sure you're still in the game.'

Rosenior continued: 'I felt in the first half, in our defensive structure, we were organised and difficult to break down. We had transition moments and looked to press.

'Cucurella's goal, it's maybe an inch [offside]. I don't even know how close it is to be honest, but they've made their decision.

'I don't want to talk about the positives, though, as the reality is that too many times in a short space of time we've gone a goal down and then it's quickly followed by another. That's something that just can't happen moving forward.'