Chelsea is getting worse. When playing away games in the English Premier League at the Amex Stadium, Wednesday, April 22, 2026 WIB, Chelsea was defeated by Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0. The defeat made manager Liam Rosenior under pressure.
The poor results that made Chelsea's position shifted to Brighton. Yes, Chelsea was forced to drop to seventh place with 48 points. Meanwhile, Brighton who got 50 points managed to rise to sixth place and enter the Europa League zone.
Not only did Chelsea drop in the rankings, but they also made a very disappointing record. In the previous match at home, Chelsea was forced to surrender 1-0 when hosting Manchester United. The bad trend continued when the Blues visited Brighton's headquarters.
This is Chelsea's fifth consecutive defeat in the Premier League which makes them lose the opportunity to compete for a ticket to the Champions League. This is the worst record since 1912. Not only that, Chelsea has also lost eight times in various competitions.
Worse still, they were unable to score and conceded 11 goals, which put manager Liam Rosenior under pressure. He was the target of boos and insults from Chelsea fans throughout the match. On the other hand, Brighton fans responded and chanted, "Liam Rosenior is one of us."
Yes, Rosenior played at Brighton for three years and closed his career at the club. He then switched to manager and achieved success when he managed Strasbourg. However, when he received an offer to replace Enzo Maresca at Chelsea, this became an easy challenge. Moreover, Maresca actually did not completely fail at Stamford Bridge.
Proven, Maresca who was able to bring Chelsea to the top has even experienced a decline since being handled by Rosenior. He did not get off lightly. However, the 41-year-old manager admitted that he still received support from the club management.
"100 percent," Rosenior said in response to support from management as quoted by Express. Behdad Eghbali, one of the club's owners, remains optimistic that Rosenior will be successful so that he gets a long-term contract.
"They fully support me when we are involved in daily conversations. We also understand each other when the team needs to win every game from now on," he said.
Only Rosenior doesn't have good capital to maintain his position. From 23 matches, Chelsea only won 11 times and lost 10 times. This is the second worst record under Graham Potter.
In that match, Chelsea lost two mainstay forwards Joao Pedro and Cole Palmer who were injured. This makes Pedro Neto and Liam Delap back to be the first choice. Although the two failed to show sharpness when facing Man Utd, Rosenior still relies on them.
Midfielder Enzo Fernandez is back in the squad. Only, Rosenior tried to play three defenders because Marc Cucurella was pushed to the middle with a 3-5-2 formation.
As a result, Chelsea was even battered. In the first minute, Japan national team player Kaoru Mitoma almost broke Chelsea's goal when he greeted Pascal Gross' cross.
Not yet over the shock of the Chelsea players facing a frontal attack from Fabian Hurzeler's troops, Robert Sanchez's goal was finally conceded when the match only lasted three minutes.
Midfielder Ferdi Kadioglu managed to finish off a chance from a corner kick taken by Gross. Chelsea's slow reaction when there was a crisis in front of the goal, which was then taken advantage of by Kardioglu to bring the Seagulls ahead 1-0.
Being conceded in the early minutes was like a signal of defeat from the two-time Champions League champions. It turned out, Sanchez's goal was again threatened.
Again, a pass from Gross gave his teammate, Jan Paul van Hecke, an opportunity. Only Sanchez had anticipated the ball crossing Gross and then deflected it.
However, Sanchez made a mistake when giving the ball to his teammate but instead it led to Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba. The ball was then given to Jack Hinshelwood who was in a good position to score. Only his shot which was already heading to the goal could be blocked by defender Trevor Chalobah.
There were no additional goals even though Brighton put pressure. On the other hand, Chelsea had difficulty scoring. In fact, during the first 30 minutes, not a single shot from the Chelsea players went into the goal. The score of 1-0 for Brighton lasted until the first half ended.
In the second half, Chelsea tried to rise. They got the chance to equalize through Romeo Lavia. Only his attempt still failed because his shot was wide.
When putting pressure, Chelsea's goal was again conceded in the 56th minute. This started when Chelsea asked for a free kick because the ball was considered to hit Yankuba Minteh's arm outside the penalty box.
However, the referee let the incident go and Brighton made a quick counterattack. Striker Georginio Rutter then sprinted with the ball before giving it to Hinshelwood.
He also completed the opportunity to break into the Chelsea goal. The score changed to 2-0 for Brighton which made Chelsea even worse. Moreover, the supporters no longer supported but instead booed Rosenior.
Worse still, the team seemed to lose the ability to carry out offensive attacks. There was no threatening danger from Chelsea which made them difficult to catch up with the goal.
On the other hand, the hosts instead broke the opponent's goal to increase the lead in injury time. Veteran striker Danny Welbeck strengthened Brighton's lead after completing an assist from Maxim De Cuyper.
Rosenior couldn't believe it and shook his head watching his team concede so easily in the 90+1 minute. The score changed to 3-0 for Brighton and held until the end of the match.
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