Xabi Alonso bemoaned his misfiring Chelsea group after they misplaced their drive at Brentford – delivery three targets in a colorless second-half displaying.
Defeat leaves Chelsea winless in three video games earlier than the three-week worldwide break, dropping away to west London neighbours Brentford for the primary time since their promotion to the Premier League in 2021.
Chelsea have been undone by three second half targets as Alonso’s facet failed to check Caoimhin Kelleher after the interval, failing to attain for the primary time this season.
Talking post-match, Blues boss Alonso accused his group of missing ‘aggressive mentality’ – admitting he has a troublesome job on his arms.
‘We dropped our consistency and aggressive mentality within the second half,’ stated Alonso.
‘The small particulars could be decisive. You do not have to provide benefit in these type of video games the place they do with little, they get rather a lot and credit score to them.
Xabi Alonso hit out at his Chelsea gamers for dropping their ‘aggressive mentality’ of their 3-0 defeat by Brentford
The Blues go into the worldwide break on the again of no win in three and have been second finest in west London
‘It is about 90 minutes and we now have not been in a position to maintain that degree all through these few video games firstly of the season. It is one thing we now have to do higher.
‘It is a course of and it is nonetheless 5 video games in a aggressive Premier League the place every recreation is de facto exhausting. We knew it was going to be exhausting, so (the job) is just not going to be simple in any respect.’
In the meantime, Brentford boss Keith Andrews believes his facet confirmed the willpower which Chelsea lacked.
‘We have proven completely different type of attributes in the previous couple of weeks the place we have needed to dig deep, present actual nice resilience,’ stated Andrews.
‘Our opposition are establishing in a really respectful strategy to attempt to nullify what we do then the onus is on us to attempt to overcome that.
‘I felt there was a efficiency effervescent; I may see it within the gamers’ eyes during the last couple of days.
‘The strategy has been actually targeted and I assumed within the second half we confirmed precisely what we’re.
‘I believe there is a very nice connection between the followers and the gamers and the membership generally that’s rising on a regular basis. Everyone seems to be having fun with the journey that we’re on, particularly me.
‘I simply love watching us play. I like being right here. I like feeling that power from the group and the way in which we play it.’
