
Liam Rosenior slams 'indefensible' Chelsea as team hits new low
Chelsea's season slumped deeper into crisis after a 3-0 defeat to Brighton on Tuesday left its hopes of Champions League qualification hanging by a thread.
Chelsea coach Liam Rosenior launched a scathing rebuke of his players as their season slumped deeper into crisis with a 3-0 defeat to Brighton on Tuesday. The result leaves Chelsea seventh in the Premier League and seven points adrift of fifth-place Liverpool having played a game more. The top five qualify for the Champions League, but with just four more rounds of the season to go, Chelsea are on the verge of being cut adrift. Chelsea have now lost five league games in a row without scoring a goal for the first time since 1912 -- the same year the Titanic sank. Rosenior was the subject of X-rated chants from the disgruntled away end during the second half of a toothless display in which his team failed to register an attempt on target. Asked whether the performance was the worst of his tenure, the former Strasbourg boss told Sky Sports: "By far. It was unacceptable in every aspect
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