{"id":358583,"date":"2026-03-22T00:38:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358583\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T00:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:38:07","slug":"chelsea-decline-who-is-to-blame-and-how-bad-has-it-got","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358583\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea decline: Who is to blame and how bad has it got?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defeat by Everton<\/a> means Chelsea<\/a> have lost three of their past four Premier League matches – as many defeats as in their previous 18 games in the competition.<\/p>\n

They have also failed to score in three consecutive matches in all competitions for the first time since September 2023 despite attempting 52 shots (16 on target) across those fixtures.<\/p>\n

That profligacy in front of goal has been matched by defensive issues, with Chelsea<\/a> conceding the opening goal in four consecutive Premier League games for the first time since November 2023.<\/p>\n

There is also the well\u2011publicised statistic that Chelsea<\/a> have been outrun by every Premier League opponent in every match this season.<\/p>\n

“We have played 10 Premier League games in my time here and have 17 points,” Rosenior told Match of the Day. <\/p>\n

“We are not in as bad a place as the noise suggests – but we need to come out of it very quickly.”<\/p>\n

Indeed, since Rosenior replaced Maresca, Chelsea<\/a> are fourth in the Premier League form table, winning five of their 10 games.<\/p>\n

Only Manchester United<\/a>, Arsenal<\/a> and Manchester City<\/a> have picked up more points in this period.<\/p>\n

Wayne Rooney, who had Rosenior as his assistant at Derby County in 2021 and 2022, believes the Chelsea<\/a> boss is getting unfairly scrutinized.<\/p>\n

“I do [think he is harsh criticism]. He has been from the moment he went in,” Rooney told Match of the Day.<\/p>\n

“Liam knows he will get judged on results. He started really well, they have hit a bad run of form over the last couple of weeks but he needs to figure out a way to get out of it.<\/p>\n

“I know he is a fantastic coach, but it’s going to take time.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Defeat by Everton means Chelsea have lost three of their past four Premier League matches – as many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-358583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}