{"id":87001,"date":"2025-08-16T10:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/87001\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T10:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T10:24:09","slug":"chelsea-fans-all-make-the-same-point-about-djordje-petrovic-after-his-premier-league-debut-for-bournemouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/87001\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea fans all make the same point about Djordje Petrovic after his Premier League debut for Bournemouth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the many players Chelsea have parted ways with during the summer transfer window was involved in an entertaining Premier League curtain-raiser on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>While the Blues await the challenge of Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, Liverpool got their title defence off to the best possible start with a 4-2 win over Bournemouth, for whom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/djordje-petrovic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Djordje Petrovic<\/a> was in goal.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian made the move from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> for \u00a325m, however has already run into a number of issues with his new team in his opening weeks there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/djordje-petrovic-suffers-pre-season-nightmare-just-weeks-after-chelsea-cashed-in-on-goalkeeper\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Petrovic was involved in a poor pre-season<\/a> campaign in the United States, and certainly had fingers pointed at him for his performance against Arne Slot\u2019s side.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2229470968-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Djordje Petrovic celebrates during Liverpool v Bournemouth - Premier League\" \/>Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty ImagesChelsea fans not impressed by Djordje Petrovic\u2019s Premier League debut for Bournemouth<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that there were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/why-enzo-maresca-wants-to-get-rid-of-djordje-petrovic-this-summer-as-chelsea-manager-pushes-for-replacement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">doubts at Chelsea about Petrovic\u2019s passing<\/a> when they made their decision to sell, and a 63% passing accuracy suggested they were right with that verdict.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea fans were initially pretty chuffed with the fee they had received for the goalkeeper, and they took to social media to further imply that feeling from his first Premier League appearance for Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>One user said: \u201cPetrovic was a very good sell, seems the same keeper he was before loan to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Petrovic was a very good sell, seems the same keeper he was before loan to me<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tobes (@TobyEvenden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TobyEvenden\/status\/1956457999620300856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Another added: \u201cPetrovic needs to do better and be ready because that defence will make his life a lot more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Petrovic needs to do better and be ready because that defence will make his life a lot more difficult.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vince\u2122 (@Blue_Footy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Blue_Footy\/status\/1956465441494188313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>A third user claimed: \u201cPetrovic is genuinely one of the worst keepers in Chelsea history and they tried to say he should be starting for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Petrovic is genuinely one of the worst keepers in Chelsea history and they tried to say he should be starting for us<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SJ\ud83c\udfcc\ud83c\udffd\u200d\u2642\ufe0f (@itsnotovaaah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsnotovaaah\/status\/1956460486972842216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Another stated: \u201cI swear the last 2 goals, Petrovic definitely should\u2019ve done better. Very embarrassing at this level!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I swear the last 2 goals, Petrovic definitely should\u2019ve done better. Very embarrassing at this level!!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Other Side Of The Coin (@TOSOTC_CFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TOSOTC_CFC\/status\/1956459918615265280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p>Finally, one user said: \u201cPetrovic worse than I thought which is impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Petrovic worse than I thought which is impressive<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2013 (@NotPaneen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NotPaneen\/status\/1956456208254013762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2153802664-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Djordje Petrovic in action during Chelsea FC v AFC Bournemouth - Premier League\" \/>Photo by Dan Mullan\/Getty ImagesChelsea\u2019s goalkeeping situation for 2025\/26<\/p>\n<p>With Petrovic gone, Chelsea look set to go into the new season with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/robert-sanchez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Sanchez<\/a> as the number one for the second successive campaign.<\/p>\n<p>This is despite links to Mike Maignan and Gianluigi Donnarumma, as well as many supporters previously calling for a new goalkeeper in recent times.<\/p>\n<p>Filip Jorgensen is also at the club, and will again push for the number one spot at the club, while they will closely monitor the progress of Mike Penders on loan at Strasbourg.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/news\/robert-sanchez-looking-for-career-first-when-he-starts-for-chelsea-against-crystal-palace-on-sunday\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sanchez will be looking for his first clean sheet<\/a> against Palace when he lines up on Sunday, whilst also trying to further enforce the point that the club made the right decision selecting him over Petrovic.<\/p>\n<p>  <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the many players Chelsea have parted ways with during the summer transfer window was involved in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[59938,403,99],"class_list":["post-87001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-djordje-petrovic","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87001","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=87001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}