Liam Rosenior activates Chelsea gamers after ‘unacceptable’ efficiency | EUROtoday

Good night and welcome to Telegraph Sport’s stay protection of Brighton & Hove Albion vs Chelsea from the Amex Stadium.

The stress continues to construct on Chelsea and their supervisor Liam Rosenior forward of their match tonight.

Chelsea are coming off the again of a 1-0 defeat at house on Saturday, towards a Manchester United aspect with a makeshift defence.

That was their fourth consecutive defeat within the Premier League, and their fourth consecutive league sport and not using a objective.

The loss dealt a blow to their already stuttering Champions League hopes, they usually start tonight’s sport in sixth place, seven factors behind Liverpool in fifth. Missing out on the event subsequent season might result in an undesirable exodus of a few of their greatest stars, with Cole Palmer and Enzo Fernandez already linked with strikes away from Stamford Bridge.

If Chelsea have been to endure one other defeat tonight, there would seemingly be doubts over whether or not Rosenior will nonetheless be the person accountable for the crew for the weekend’s FA Cup semi-final tie towards Leeds United.

Brighton, in the meantime, are having fun with some first rate type beneath Fabian Hurzeler. A late 2-2 draw earned in north London towards Tottenham Hotspur on the weekend means they’re unbeaten in 4 matches, with 5 wins coming of their final seven league video games.

Brighton are in ninth place on 47 factors, that means a win for the house aspect would see them leapfrog Chelsea and climb into sixth spot within the league desk.

Robert Sanchez, Marc Cucurella, Moises Caicedo and Joao Pedro all left Brighton over current years to affix Chelsea, so the house aspect’s followers would seemingly discover the possibility to go above them within the desk particularly satisfying.

In September, Brighton travelled to Chelsea for the reverse fixture, and received 3-1 towards a aspect headed up by Enzo Maresca. He departed on the flip of the 12 months. Could Rosenior be on his method earlier than the season is over?