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Mellon proud of Shrewsbury in Cup defeat to Chelsea

Shrewsbury Town boss Micky Mellon was proud of his team after their Capital One Cup defeat to Chelsea.

Chelsea edged Shrewsbury 2-1.

They return to Sky Bet League 2 action at Dagenham on Saturday and Mellon wants to build on the performance.

"Maybe we could have held on for a wee bit longer, we had possession and Mickey (Demetriou) slips and we get done on the counter attack," he said.

"It's all about focus now and concentrating on what we believe. We won't get carried away and we know our bread and butter comes on Saturday.

"A lot of people would have watched that and we'll become a bit of a scalp now. We'll deal with that.

"We haven't done anything yet other than perform well and get knocked out of the cup by a top side. It's important we keep moving forward because the club was on its backside when we came in."

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