Liam Rosenior, Chelsea manager, was furious after his side’s 3-0 defeat to Brighton. The coach described his players’ attitude as “unacceptable and indefensible” in their fifth consecutive Premier League defeat.
It was unacceptable in every aspect of the game. I’m hurt and I’m stunned… The attitude was unacceptable. Their performance tonight is indefensible
For the first time in 114 years, Chelsea, who are slipping out of the race for the Champions League, have suffered five consecutive defeats without scoring. Liam Rosenior said: “I can’t keep defending what we’re seeing… It’s not good enough. I can’t lie. I’m going to tell the truth, and this was unacceptable in every way.”
We’ll see if the players can take the criticism. So far I haven’t criticised them. I’ve defended them. They deserved it. But I’m going to tell the truth
“That doesn’t represent anything I want to see and I will never see it again. The performance in terms of professionalism was conspicuous by its absence. Some of the things I witnessed against Brighton I never want to see again.”
Liam Rosenior: “This performance was damning”
Liam Rosenior warned his players that “it’s not about playing for me. It’s about playing for the club. It’s about playing for the shirt. It’s about playing to win football matches. I can talk about what I saw tonight. They can interpret it how they want, whether they play for me or not, but that performance itself was damning.”
“We’ll see if the players can take the criticism. So far I haven’t criticised them. I’ve defended them. They deserved it. But I’m going to tell the truth. I always come out here and tell the truth. And I also blame myself. It’s not just about blaming the players. I’m part of this process,” he said.
Chelsea are now seven points behind fifth-placed Liverpool in the race for the Champions League, with only four games remaining.
Cucurella’s hairdresser’s alleged slip
According to English media outlets such as Daily Mail and The Sun, the X account @Rileyeagles_, which they claim belongs to Marc Cucurella’s hairdresser, revealed before the match the absence of two players against Brighton. “Palmer and Joao Pedro are injured tonight. There you have your exclusive,” he wrote, accompanied by a photo of Cucurella while having his hair cut. Hours later, the absence of both was confirmed and the message was deleted. It so happens that the line-ups against PSG in the Champions League had also been leaked and this had caused a stir.
