Reaction:The Analysis Begins

As he began to pick his way through the pieces of Chelsea's broken Carling Cup hopes, Avram Grant highlighted one Wembley moment that especially disappointed him on an afternoon to forget.
Chelsea have grown used to winning finals when we reach them, but not as used as we have been to beating Tottenham down the years. That makes getting over this defeat all the harder but Grant has promised to begin by looking in depth at the performance while remaining positive about the rest of the season ahead.
The Chelsea manager admitted our opponents had the chances to make the difference before they did, not least when Didier Zokora was denied by Petr Cech in the second half, but having rallied from a sticky opening, the manner with which our London rivals got back into the game was disappointment number one.
'We didn't start the game very well, but when we scored the goal, from then until the second half, when the goal was conceded, Tottenham didn't create any chances,' Grant said.
'Then came the decision of the penalty and Tottenham came back into the game. I think it was a rash decision. Not every time that you touch the ball with your hand is it a penalty. I think you can think it over.'
Grant paired the handball verdict against Wayne Bridge with the final decision of the game, the one to blow the final whistle just as Salomon Kalou was found by John Terry in front of goal.
'But we cannot take the time back, we lost a final and that is what it is important,' Grant continued.
With the game at 1-1 as extra-time began, it was Jonathan Woodgate's header from a free-kick that ended Chelsea's 52-game sequence of not losing having taken leads.
Spurs had been the most recent side to overturn a deficit against us, back in November 2006, but Grant refused to point a finger at any individual for a defensive lapse at the deciding moment.
'There are always personal mistakes in football but we win as a team and we lose as a team. We will look at it and see what we can take out of this game.
'It is the first game that Drogba and Anelka played together. I think it is going to be a good combination but it was not an easy game for them today. They did their best.
'I wanted to play Anelka out wide because he is a creative player but he can also come to be the striker at the right moment. It worked sometimes.'
Grant was also willing to defend Chelsea's long ball approach at times which was counter to his preferred style of play.
'It was in the last 15 minutes of the game. With many strikers we thought maybe we could create something this way. Sometimes the players feel we could be more dangerous this way but it is not our way of playing. When we are 2-1 down, I understand it.'
Keeping his chin up, Grant refused to accept his best chance of silverware in his first Chelsea season had passed.
'We are in all the other three competitions. It was not easy to come to this final because in most of the games we didn't have players and it is good for us to be in a final but it is not good to lose a final. But we will try to do our best in the other three competitions.'