{"id":853611,"date":"2026-09-19T20:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/853611\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T20:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T20:46:17","slug":"alonso-told-exactly-how-to-fix-chelseas-soft-and-fragile-defence-london-evening-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/853611\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso told exactly how to fix Chelsea&#039;s &#039;soft&#039; and &#039;fragile&#039; defence &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxORXJ3ZEg5WnRoQ3p0SExzTnJraU1UaXJBM1ZSSDN6aXZYSFA4T3ZpUlZJdWRPbVBhaWkzY3FrQTRkajdGUFhGU1FwT2hPX2hEOVExeFZnTlgxeU11S3JoamVMdmxia3lhaC11X3QzRHFlQmlST2xyLU9xSmNfYVpkYy1wNmw3U1V3SV9DVEc2RlJNa1M2SUV1UEE0cDViMExMWkhj?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alonso told exactly how to fix Chelsea&#8217;s &#8216;soft&#8217; and &#8216;fragile&#8217; defence<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxPTEFJSW9pUV9DdFBkdmhoRzRTNXBodUEzLVVkLUxJTEJCeEktZ2pUcXlKLWg2TXhBMDBKTTVsTVktS2t6QUtUNVpDbG9vWTZ4a0c1QzRsWE9IRnJjNTJRd24yNFhUb0ZPdjZhVGxlcVpxelN4dS0zY1l3aFc4YjVnalFKb0hTeDFVTHdUaEpZbzRoVUExSXBkaHQ4OEtJUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Xabi Alonso says Chelsea were &#8216;out of control&#8217; in Brentford loss<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ESPN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxNOFh3QmVGU2VmNkJTeWE1UHIwVkRJVjB1a3ZoMFpIcHRzbWtlVkh5czNXenRfV0ZCYWpXVTFzTXhKYjJIR0FOYmlGOUxQNTBzbUk4Zk5WLVUyNDVEYzNYRnBGbWpGMkNKczhLTkxHcEEyX2RhdjBEWE1GS0xOenBxZEZQSjlWT3NHUndiVzhMWlE2RFlib0hYa3hCZElSdS1SY1JnODIyampxemFFZXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chelsea were \u2018bullied\u2019 by Brentford in worst defensive half under Alonso. He has a lot to fix &#8211; The Athletic<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQWVhFXzVscC10eF9TQ2VrQWpJYmtUaTNXNmF6MTZSYUczdlBZUUZfMG5yWGh3OHFBb2t0YXZ5UUx4VlJja0ZFb2F2SldpQ3hDaTRla1J0RklyRkJ3M3NYeTFlSHdCZ1gxRVBVZ29VcHFMVlFIOWFJdnQ3VTNiV1pvc1JEOWQ3c3JrSE5IV3lxTlZsS0s4UEwyd3MycTJqMjktdjNXdTlvdk1UNzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alonso&#8217;s Chelsea honeymoon shattered by 3-0 loss at Brentford<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Reuters<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiaEFVX3lxTE9NRjNuV2RZRzBaaDZvRHU4dkZfZzYtQlJWQk5lR3g1bmdSV0FrRkJsQWdYenFKWFFEaHhIalRTbElWOWhYcC02b09POXFpQnZ0MlAzbFh2QjVkUUU4SUVyRW1CakZPSE5E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brentford vs Chelsea player ratings: Henderson a vocal leader as Thiago lifts weight off shoulders<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alonso told exactly how to fix Chelsea&#8217;s &#8216;soft&#8217; and &#8216;fragile&#8217; defence&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardXabi Alonso says Chelsea were &#8216;out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":853612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[8917,360467,7862,403,99,24844],"class_list":["post-853611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-brentford","tag-gary-cahill","tag-levi-colwill","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-xabi-alonso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=853611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/853611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/853612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=853611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=853611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=853611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}