Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Mick McCarthy was disappointed with the early goal his side conceded on the way to their 3-0 defeat at Chelsea.
John Terry headed the hosts in front after seven minutes, with further goals from Daniel Sturridge and Juan Mata before half-time.
"I don't think there was any great air of confidence about the place here and it was a bit foreboding actually, but hey-ho, we soon released that valve didn't we?" McCarthy said.
"We came here hoping to take advantage of anything that might have been going on, for five minutes or so there didn't seem the sense that they were going to do to us what they did.
"But we gave the goal away and that gave them heart and rips the heart and soul out of a team that's finding it tough at the minute."
The defeat has kept Wolves 17th in the Premier League table.
