{"id":410921,"date":"2026-04-22T01:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410921\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:01:09","slug":"rosenior-is-getting-sacked-as-emergency-meeting-called-after-unacceptable-brighton-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/410921\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosenior &#8216;is getting sacked&#8217; as &#8217;emergency meeting called&#8217; after &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; Brighton loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior \u2018is getting sacked\u2019 after his side\u2019s \u201cunacceptable\u201d loss against Brighton.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/liam-rosenior\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosenior <\/a>has been proven to be out of his depth at Chelsea, with the inexperienced head coach under serious pressure after replacing Enzo Maresca at the start of this year.<\/p>\n<p>The former Hull City and Strasbourg boss enjoyed a solid start at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/chelsea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a>, but they have completely fallen apart in recent weeks and have lost seven of their last eight games in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>And after being beaten 3-0 by Brighton on Tuesday night, the Blues, for the first time in 114 years, have lost five consecutive league games without scoring a goal.<\/p>\n<p>It is now hard to see Chelsea beating Leeds United in this weekend\u2019s FA Cup semi-final at Wembley, while<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> they will fall into the bottom half of the Premier League table if teams below them make the most of their game in hand.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-rosenior-sack-surely-imminent-chelsea-chiefs-should-follow-588-5m-reasons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosenior sack surely imminent but Chelsea chiefs should follow him out of the door for \u00a3588.5m reasons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After Chelsea\u2019s one-sided loss to Brighton, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/indykaila\/status\/2046694498642604356\" target=\"_blank\">an insider on X with over 700k followers claimed<\/a> Chelsea chiefs have \u2018called an emergency meeting\u2019 to discuss Rosenior\u2019s future, with it also noted that it is a \u2018matter of when\u2019 he goes and he \u2018is getting sacked\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior has been keen to defend his players in recent weeks, but even he acknowledged that the performance against Brighton was \u201cunacceptable\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy far. By far,\u201d Rosenior responded on Sky Sports when asked whether the loss to Brighton was his worst since joining Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/who-will-be-next-chelsea-manager-after-liam-rosenior-sack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who will be next Chelsea manager after Liam Rosenior sack?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas unacceptable in every aspect of the game. I keep coming out and defending the players, that was indefensible, that performance tonight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe manner of the goals we conceded, the duels that we lost. Something has to change drastically right here, right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And asked why Chelsea performed so poorly against Brighton, Rosenior added: \u201cWhy? We need to look in the mirror. I need to look in the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I can\u2019t keep coming out here and defending some of the things that we\u2019re seeing. Manchester United, genuinely result wasn\u2019t there but I felt we turned a corner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the general attitude, spirit was lacking \u2013 determination from three or four of the starting eleven. That\u2019s nowhere near enough for this club. I can\u2019t come out and lie. I tell the truth. That was an unacceptable performance at every level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/likely-scenario-sixth-premier-league-champions-league-qualification\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The likely scenario that opens up a NINE-WAY tussle for Champions League qualification<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah said after the game that he and the rest of the players \u201ctried\u201d their \u201cbest\u201d against Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know. We had a game plan. We tried to execute it,\u201d Chalobah said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried our best. Worked on the game plan throughout the week. We got beat today. You have to go again, can\u2019t dwell on these moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can be accountable. As players, we have to be accountable for the performance. We know how much the fans are behind us, we know they\u2019re disappointed with the results. We\u2019re not winning games. We have to stick together and pulled through.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the boys were running their socks off. If you look in the dressing room, everyone is tired. It\u2019s nothing to do with effort. We gave it our all. We got beat today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ran today. The stats are stats. The boys are tired.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior \u2018is getting sacked\u2019 after his side\u2019s \u201cunacceptable\u201d loss against Brighton.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6898,1100,61,60,127397,43,1102,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-410921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-chelsea","9":"tag-home-page","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-liam-rosenior","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410921","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=410921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}