- Chelsea suffered a crushing 3-0 defeat by Brighton on the Amex on Friday evening
- Blues misplaced floor in an more and more aggressive race for the Champions League
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Enzo Maresca has labelled Chelsea’s efficiency towards Brighton on Friday evening as ‘the worst’ of his time because the Blues boss.
Chelsea suffered a humbling 3-0 defeat by the Seagulls, due to a wondergoal from Kaoru Mitoma and a brace from Yankuba Minteh.
The Blues didn’t register a shot on the right track within the match, simply six days after managing just one in a 2-1 FA Cup defeat by the identical opponent. In reality, Chelsea had been lucky to flee their south coast ordeal with solely three concessions.
And a downbeat Maresca, who’s underneath stress amid his facet’s poor current kind, admitted that the show was the worst of his seven-month tenure.
‘I really feel sorry for the followers,’ he instructed Sky Sports activities. ‘It’s not the best efficiency that we are able to supply, particularly at this second within the season. We have to stick collectively.
‘I really feel stress all the time. The efficiency was the worst since I arrived so it’s not the best second however we’re nonetheless in fourth and within the race to complete in Europe.’
Enzo Maresca has slammed his workforce’s efficiency of their 3-0 defeat by Brighton, describing it because the worst throughout his time as Chelsea supervisor
The Blues didn’t register a shot on the right track in the course of the match, having managed only one of their assembly with the Seagulls final week
Yankuba Minteh (left) tormented the Chelsea defence and scored a brace within the convincing win
Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville, who was on punditry obligation for the sport, mentioned the Blues regarded like a ‘five-a-side’ workforce in a scathing evaluation of their efficiency towards Fabian Hurzeler’s facet.
‘They regarded like a five-a-side workforce. No penetration, by no means noticed them bust a intestine to get into the field, make a quick run ahead,’ he mentioned. ‘I did not see something I appreciated from Chelsea tonight and it was a extremely poor, poor efficiency.’
Chelsea missed the prospect to tug away from a pack of Champions League-chasing sides that features Manchester Metropolis, Newcastle, Bournemouth, Brighton and Aston Villa.
Having now performed a sport greater than these sides, apart from Brighton, the Blues may finish the weekend down in sixth place with 13 video games of the marketing campaign left to play.
Maresca added: ‘This outcome, the frustration is about every little thing. For positive, we really feel actually sorry for the followers that come right here and the second that we’re in, the place we’re in, we have to do significantly better than what now we have performed tonight.
‘I feel when it comes to controlling the sport or protecting the ball we did that. However I mentioned earlier than the sport when you do not have a [striker] who is usually a risk we have to discover totally different options. It’s not solely about possibilities.
‘There are various issues now we have to do higher. We nonetheless have many video games to go and we’re nonetheless in a superb place. We have to do our greatest and attempt to end in the easiest way.
‘We’re in a second once we really feel we are able to concede simply and battle to attain. I feel earlier than the purpose they did not have some possibilities. There are various issues we are able to do higher.’
Gary Neville mentioned the Blues regarded a ‘five-a-side workforce’ in his scathing evaluation of the Londoners
Jamie Carragher claimed that Chelsea had been ‘completely battered’ by their opponents on Friday evening
Kaoru Mitoma opened the scoring for the house facet with a surprise strike to gentle up the Amex
Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher joined in on the pile on, claiming that the Blues had been ‘completely battered’ by their hosts.
‘Badly crushed and it may have been lots worse,’ he mentioned on commentary. ‘While you consider the saves the goalkeeper made, I feel one hit the woodwork as effectively – [Brighton] completely battered them in all departments.
‘Simply watching the Chelsea gamers going over to the supporters, there are only a few of them there and they’re an indignant bunch.’
Chelsea have simply over per week to regroup earlier than they journey to Villa Park to tackle a rejuvenated Aston Villa.
