Graham Potter hopes for better away results in the new year

The London club appointed

as their new manager following sacking Thomas Tuchel in September.

has been inconsistent under Potter and lost four out of their last five matches before the World Cup.

Amid many injuries they have suffered from, Potter knows he can't complain due to Chelsea's expensively assembled squad.

Ahead of the Blues Sunday travel to

, Potter said:

"Our job now is to try and get as many people back as we can. It's been a real tough period, as challenging as it's been I would say, in my time as a coach, but we're Chelsea and people don't want to hear those reasons, excuses.

"You've got to get on with it. And we've got to try your best to find the answers."

On Nottingham Forest, Potter added: "

Forest got a fantastic result against Liverpool. I have huge respect for Steve Cooper and the job that he's done there.

"He's tremendous, a fantastic coach. So they'll be ready, the atmosphere will be hostile. They're back in the Premier League for the first year for a long, long time.

"So every game, especially Chelsea coming to town, is a big game for them. So they'll be motivated, and they'll have the quality and they'll be fighting for the points. So we have to be ready."

When asked about his new year wishes for the team, Potter said:

"We want to keep improving. There's a simple answer.

"We've had a challenging [time], some ups and some downs in terms of the previous year, which is normal, I think, in any football club, but we want to try and stabilise, and we want to try and improve and make our supporters happy.

"We know that before the break, the last few weeks, it wasn't nice for us. Results suffered and performances weren't where we'd like them to be. So we have to do better than that."

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