{"id":656265,"date":"2026-10-25T02:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T02:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656265\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T02:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T02:58:15","slug":"they-have-lost-it-gary-neville-demands-xabi-alonso-action-after-chelsea-discipline-crumbles-against-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656265\/","title":{"rendered":"‘They have lost it’ – Gary Neville demands Xabi Alonso action after Chelsea discipline crumbles against Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gary Neville tore into Chelsea\u2019s discipline during their 2-0 defeat to Tottenham, insisting Morgan Rogers deserved a red card for a late challenge and that Cole Palmer could have been sent off earlier. The former Manchester United defender also urged Xabi Alonso to take action as a 14-man brawl and a red card overshadowed a miserable evening at Stamford Bridge.<\/p>\n

Neville calls for Rogers red card<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u2019s evening unravelled in the second half as a spiky London derby boiled over and Tottenham ran out 2-0 winners<\/a>. Rogers was booked by referee Chris Kavanagh in stoppage time for a late swipe at Conor Gallagher, but Neville felt the sanction did not go far enough.<\/p>\n

On commentary duty for Sky Sports, Neville said: \u201cI think that\u2019s a red. I do. He\u2019s absolutely wellied him with no intent. That\u2019s ludicrous from Rogers.\u201d He then called on the Chelsea boss to get a grip on his players, adding: \u201cThey have lost it. Xabi Alonso needs to get them off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palmer lucky to avoid straight red, says Neville<\/p>\n

Palmer was sent off in the 80th minute after picking up two bookings, but Neville believed he should not have lasted that long. The first yellow came when Palmer barged into Mateus Fernandes as the Spurs midfielder tried to get up off the floor, a moment that sparked a 14-man brawl midway through the second half.<\/p>\n

Fernandes was booked for handball and Micky van de Ven for his earlier foul on Moises Caicedo as tempers flared, before Palmer\u2019s late challenge on Gallagher earned him a second yellow. He added: \u201cPalmer\u2019s reaction was silly. He\u2019s asking for trouble, that\u2019s not great. He\u2019s asking for trouble. That\u2019s not great from Cole Palmer. No idea why he\u2019s doing that. He was no doubt [sailing close to the wind]. I think that could be a red. Into the chest you\u2019ll get away with it but Fernandes is on the ground. He\u2019s got no way to defend himself. It\u2019s a stupid thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alonso to speak to Palmer over red card<\/p>\n

Palmer\u2019s dismissal was the first red card of his career, and the first Chelsea have received in any competition this season, according to Alonso. Speaking at his post-match press conference, Alonso admitted his side must improve their emotional control and confirmed he would discuss the dismissal with Palmer internally.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cYes we need to work and we need to improve on that. I think we spoke yesterday about those things and to know that in those situations that one first yellow card can be decisive as we have seen, it is a process of the maturity of the team and of the individual players as well. We think [up until] now we haven\u2019t received any red card and we need to continue that way because we need to have this maturity to deal with difficult moments, when you have conceded 1-0, still probably was 15-20 minutes to go, so we have to be on the way. I need to check the action to talk with Cole but it is one to learn for the future for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

Palmer to miss Carabao Cup trip to Liverpool<\/p>\n

Palmer will now serve a one-match ban<\/a>, ruling him out of Wednesday\u2019s Carabao Cup trip to Liverpool at Anfield.<\/p>\n

He will be available again for Chelsea\u2019s clash with Manchester United next week, while Alonso will hope his side have learned a harsh lesson in keeping their cool.<\/p>\n

Working as a football journalist was my first childhood dream. I became a journalist and a member of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate, but covering topics far from the world of sports until the opportunity came in early 2020 when I joined Kooora, and then GOAL.<\/p>\n

My memories with football began with Zinedine Zidane’s historic triumph in the 1998 World Cup and France’s unforgettable win over Brazil in the final, along with the Egyptian league matches and the rivalry between Al Ahly, Zamalek, and Ismaily during that era.<\/p>\n

I don’t support a specific team in Europe, but I enjoyed watching Milan with “Maldini, Gattuso, Kaka, Pirlo” and was amazed by Barcelona with “Busquets, Iniesta, Xavi, Neymar, Villa, Messi, Suarez”, before following Mohamed Salah in his exceptional career with Fiorentina, Roma, and Liverpool.<\/p>\n

My unforgettable sports moment was Mohamed Aboutrika’s goal in Al Ahly’s victory over Sfaxien in the 2006 CAF Champions League final.<\/p>\n

My ideal lineup: Buffon; Cafu – Van Dijk – Maldini – Roberto Carlos; Pirlo – Zidane – Iniesta – Kaka; Cristiano Ronaldo – Messi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gary Neville tore into Chelsea\u2019s discipline during their 2-0 defeat to Tottenham, insisting Morgan Rogers deserved a red…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656266,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4027,295248,194450,85,46,2619,105,4028,199699],"class_list":["post-656265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-chelsea","tag-chelsea-vs-tottenham-hotspur","tag-g-neville","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-premier-league","tag-sports","tag-tottenham-hotspur","tag-x-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}