ROBERT SANCHEZ has been dropped arsenic Chelsea’s No1 goalkeeper, Enzo Maresca has confirmed.
Sanchez, 27, had been liable for aggregate clangers this play which caused the Blues to driblet captious points successful their hunt for the apical four.
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GettyBut the last straw appears to person been his fatal gaffe against Manchester City.
Filip Jorgensen replaced Sanchez successful the pursuing Premier League crippled against West Ham earlier Sanchez returned betwixt the sticks for the 2-1 FA Cup decision to Brighton.
However, Maresca has present confirmed Jorgensen is the team’s No1.
Speaking to reporters up of their sojourn to Brighton connected Friday evening, helium said: “The Filip solution was besides to springiness Robert immoderate clip to retrieve mentally and physically successful general.
“The thought is not crippled by crippled to alteration the ‘keeper.
“In the past Premier League crippled against West Ham, it was Filip and past successful the FA Cup game, it was Robert but our ‘keeper successful this infinitesimal is Filip.
“I spoke with Robert a fewer days earlier West Ham wherever I took the determination to play Filip. I ne'er spoke again with Robert.
“With Filip, precisely the same. They cognize successful this infinitesimal the situation.
“This is the concern present and past we volition spot the situation. In this moment, it is similar this.”
Less than a period agone Maresca had fixed his backing to Sanchez to crook his signifier around, saying it was “not thing strange, it is portion of the job” to marque mistakes.
Those comments came aft the Spaniard talented a extremity to Wolves erstwhile dropping the shot erstwhile attempting to drawback a cross.
At that clip the stats revealed lone one goalkeeper, Ipswich’s Arijanet Muric, had made much than his 4 errors.
But pursuing his next gaffe against Man City, erstwhile helium inexplicably charged retired of his extremity earlier being chipped by Erling Haaland, nary goalkeeper successful the Premier League was much error-prone.
Chelsea ratings vs Brighton arsenic pantomime villain Cucurella tin clasp caput precocious but Nkunku has a shocker
BRIGHTON came from down to dump Chelsea retired of the FA Cup with Kaoru Mitoma’s perfectly placed spot securing a 2-1 triumph for the Seagulls astatine the Amex stadium.
But however did Chelsea’s players fare? Who was the biggest fto down and who was the champion of the worst? Check retired SunSport’s subordinate ratings…
Robert Sanchez – 5/10
Back successful the broadside aft being dropped by Enzo Maresca aft a fig of errors this season. The Spaniard looked shaky connected the shot astatine the commencement of the crippled but seemed to brushwood disconnected his nerves arsenic the lucifer developed.
Nothing helium could bash astir Brighton’s opener with Georginio Rutter’s perfectly placed header flying past him.
Perhaps a small dilatory disconnected his enactment for Brighton’s winner, but instrumentality thing distant from Kaoru Mitoma’s perfectly executed chip.
Malo Gusto – 5
Worked tirelessly charging up and down the close flank for Chelsea, but failed to person overmuch joyousness going guardant oregon defensively.
Struggled to woody with the unsafe Mitoma passim the game, and was caught napping retired of presumption for the Japanese forwards winner.
Tosin Adarabioyo – 5
Alongside Trevoh Chalobah, was blameworthy of allowing Georginio Rutter to drift into abstraction to occurrence location Brighton’s aboriginal equaliser.
Played immoderate assured passes astatine times, but besides looked similar a walking mistake connected the shot astatine times. Was caught successful possession connected the halfway enactment by Georginio Rutter which astir led to a Brighton goal.
Trevoh Chalobah – 6
Equally arsenic liable for Brighton’s opening extremity alongside his centre backmost partner, allowing Rutter a escaped header successful the box.
Was much composed connected the shot than his Tosin passim the game, however, and already looks similar Chelsea’s champion centre backmost aft being recalled from loan.
Marc Cucurella – 6
The pantomime villain of the evening astatine the Amex stadium, with Brighton fans spending the afloat 90 minutes booing their ex subordinate everytime helium got a clasp of the ball.
Was coagulated passim the game, though failed to person the attacking interaction that helium has had for Chelsea successful caller games.
Moises Caicedo – 6
Looked to beryllium moving a 1 antheral midfield earlier Enzo Fernandez was introduced successful the 2nd half.
Worked tirelessly but was intelligibly frustrated with his sides efforts, putting successful a mates of nasty tackles which led to him being booked.
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – 4
A uncommon commencement for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall astatine Chelsea this season, and successful truth, helium failed to instrumentality advantage.
A precise mediocre situation aboriginal connected saw the Englishman booked, and helium failed to person immoderate interaction connected his broadside going guardant oregon defensively successful the archetypal half.
Was substituted 15 minutes into the 2nd fractional for Enzo Fernandez successful the aftermath of Brighton’s 2nd goal.
Pedro Neto – 5
An wounded interest midway done the archetypal half, which successful information helium ne'er rather looked to shingle off.
Looked assured helium had the amended of Tariq Lamptey, often beating his fullback. His last ball, however, was sorely lacking passim the match, with a fig of crosses flying implicit everyone
Cole Palmer – 6
Played his portion successful Chelsea’s opener with a archetypal clip transverse into the container – though it’s hard to people that extremity down arsenic thing different than a Bart Verbruggen howler.
Looked similar helium was missing his regular attacking spouse Nicholas Jackson, with a wide deficiency of transportation with the Frenchman Christopher Nkunku up top.
Jadon Sancho – 5
Looked uninterested for ample parts of the archetypal half, and failed to adjacent down Joel Veltman who whipped successful the transverse for Brighton’s opener.
He picked up successful the 2nd fractional with immoderate nonstop dribbling, though ne'er managed to find the last ball.
Christopher Nkunku – 2
It’s hard not to consciousness atrocious for Nkunku, with the guardant looking wholly mislaid successful Enzo Maresca’s system.
It genuinely seemed similar helium wasn’t connected the transportation astatine times, with the Frenchman missing successful enactment for ample parts of the game.
The 1 wide accidental helium had moving done connected goal, helium bizarrely elected to transverse the shot alternatively than person an effort himself.
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Enzo Fernandez (Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, 59) – 7
Brought an aerial of power to Chelsea’s midfield which was sorely lacking before. Played a fewer bully passes with the abbreviated clip helium had connected the pitch.
Nothing came of his efforts, though possibly the effect would person been antithetic for Chelsea had helium started the game.
Tyrique George (Jadon Sancho, 73) – 5
Spurned a large accidental implicit the bar, and different than that failed to person immoderate impact.
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