Friedel Villa have lost to Chelsea twice in the Barclays Premier League this season - but Brad Friedel insists there was less despondency in the dressing room after the latest loss.Friedel says Martin O'Neill's men consigned the Stamford Bridge defeat to the history books very quickly because of the comprehensive nature of the loss.
But the Villa goalkeeper insists the claret and blue troops took a lot more heart from the weekend defeat.
He told AVTV: "It was a completely different feeling this weekend to the one we had after the defeat at Stamford Bridge.
"On that day, we were not in the game from the first minute to the last.
"On Saturday we were in with a chance throughout and arguably in the second half we were the better side.
"We will take encouragement from that. That suggests progress. On some occasions - in any season - but hopefully just once - you have a performance and result that you just consign to history.
"Ours this season was at Stamford Bridge. It was one of those days. We came back and showed a lot of character after that defeat. I'm sure we will come back again because we do have a lot of belief in the dressing room."
Friedel also insists Villa were unlucky to catch Chelsea in a particularly defiant mood.
He added: "It was one of Chelsea's resilient displays. Petr Cech was commanding on crosses while Alex and John Terry did very well in the air against the likes of Emile and JC. We caught them on one of those days.
"On another day we would have scored but that's football."
But the Villa goalkeeper insists the claret and blue troops took a lot more heart from the weekend defeat.
He told AVTV: "It was a completely different feeling this weekend to the one we had after the defeat at Stamford Bridge.
"On that day, we were not in the game from the first minute to the last.
"On Saturday we were in with a chance throughout and arguably in the second half we were the better side.
"We will take encouragement from that. That suggests progress. On some occasions - in any season - but hopefully just once - you have a performance and result that you just consign to history.
"Ours this season was at Stamford Bridge. It was one of those days. We came back and showed a lot of character after that defeat. I'm sure we will come back again because we do have a lot of belief in the dressing room."
Friedel also insists Villa were unlucky to catch Chelsea in a particularly defiant mood.
He added: "It was one of Chelsea's resilient displays. Petr Cech was commanding on crosses while Alex and John Terry did very well in the air against the likes of Emile and JC. We caught them on one of those days.
"On another day we would have scored but that's football."
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