GARY NEVILLE has slammed Chelsea’s committee for an “unforgivable mistake” pursuing their 3-0 decision to Brighton.
The Blues were tally ragged connected the South Coast arsenic they mislaid to the Seagulls for the 2nd clip successful little than a week.
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AFPBrighton archetypal dumped Chelsea retired of the FA Cup with a 2-1 triumph past weekend.
And connected Friday nighttime they fired 3 goals past the Londoners successful a league clash astatine the Amex, inflicting back-to-back defeats connected Enzo Maresca.
Chelsea’s woeful signifier has present seen them driblet to sixth successful the table.
They are 14 points down leaders Liverpool, who inactive person a crippled successful hand.
And the imaginable rubric contention promised earlier successful the play present looks acceptable to beryllium a conflict conscionable to decorativeness successful the European places.
To marque matters worse, Chelsea are present airy connected forwards pursuing injuries to strikers Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu.
Mykhailo Mudryk is unavailable arsenic helium awaits the results of the B-sample for his affirmative drugs test.
While Joao Felix was packed disconnected connected indebtedness to AC Milan connected deadline time of the wintertime window.
Noni Madueke became the latest casualty arsenic helium limped disconnected the tract past night.
While successful the backline, Chelsea proceed to leak goals careless of whether Robert Sanchez oregon Filip Jorgensen start.
Now, Neville has deed retired astatine those moving the amusement astatine Stamford Bridge.
However, helium does not consciousness the blasted lies with beleaguered brag Maresca.
Instead, helium reckons Todd Boehly and Co are to blasted for spending implicit a BILLION pounds without bringing successful a top-class striker and goalie.
Neville, who past twelvemonth called Chelsea “billion-pound vessel jobs” aft their Carabao Cup last decision to Liverpool’s kids, said: “The unit should beryllium connected the radical who are recruiting the players.
“To permission retired of a cardinal lb (project), positions similar centre guardant and a goalkeeper is unforgivable.
“The unit should not beryllium connected the manager astatine all.
“It’s precise hard to play shot without a centre guardant and goalkeeper.”
Chelsea ratings vs Brighton
HOW SunSport's ISABELLE BARKER rated Chelsea flops arsenic the Blues failed to muster a azygous changeable connected people successful a 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Brighton,
FILIP JORGENSEN 5
Jorgensen wasn’t each to blasted for letting successful the 3 goals, peculiarly Kaoru Mitoma’s wonderment strike. But Chelsea fans volition beryllium reasoning ‘be cautious what you privation for’ with Rob Sanchez not looking truthful atrocious anymore.
MALO GUSTO 6
Gusto stood his crushed good astatine times with Mitoma one-on-one for immoderate of Chelsea’s amended defending successful the match.
LEVI COLWILL 5
When Colwill mislaid the shot nether minimal unit and stayed connected the ground, making nary effort to retrieve his presumption it summed up his game. Twice successful 2 matches he’s fixed goals distant for being weak.
TREVOH CHALOBAH 5
The centre-back flapped astir erstwhile marking Mitoma for the opener.
MARC CUCURELLA 5
Struggled to support Yankuba Minteh successful cheque and was afloat sat down by the Gambia winger for Brighton’s 3rd extremity – overmuch to the pleasance of the booing location fans.
MOISES CAICEDO 7
Caicedo was jeered by chants of “what a discarded of money”.
But helium has been 1 of the Blues’ lone agleam sparks for the past six months and, adjacent today, helium was Maresca’s champion player.
ENZO FERNANDEZ 6
The Chelsea skipper was unlucky not to person nabbed an equaliser aft rising supra Joel Veltman connected 36 minutes to caput location – but helium fouled the Dutchman successful the physique up. Looked sluggish successful different areas of the crippled though.
NONI MADUEKE 5
Had small power arsenic helium was substituted disconnected connected 20 minutes owed to a hamstring injury.
The Blues are moving retired of forwards with him joining Nicolas Jackson and Marc Guiu connected the injured list.
COLE PALMER 5
Palmer was reeling passim some halves, perpetually throwing his hands up successful vexation astatine the deficiency of work from his teammates.
He blazed good over, erstwhile helium did person a changeable and the Blues didn’t person a azygous effort connected target.
PEDRO NETO 5
It was not wide what Neto’s intent was connected the pitch, helium lone truly looked bully astatine sprinting and inactive couldn’t bushed Tariq Lamptey successful a 1v1.
CHRISTOPHER NKUNKU 5
Nkunku did a precise bully occupation astatine jogging astir and not doing a lot. Blues would astir apt alternatively spot Jackson starting if helium wasn’t besides retired injured.
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JADON SANCHO 5
Sancho looks arsenic though helium is doing what helium did astatine Manchester United, starting good but going disconnected the boil. In his past 11 games crossed each competitions, helium has nabbed conscionable 1 assist.
KIERNAN DEWSBURY-HALL 6
REECE JAMES 6
TYRIQUE GEORGE 6
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