Trevoh Chalobah has defended his Chelsea teammates after manager Liam Rosenior accused several players of not trying hard enough in Tuesday's defeat at Brighton. The Blues were comfortably beaten at the Amex Stadium, failing to register a single shot on target, leaving them winless in five league matches without scoring for the first time since 1912.
Rosenior claimed only three or four players gave everything, saying the performance was 'indefensible' and that the squad lacked intensity and courage. The defeat was Chelsea's seventh in eight games across all competitions, intensifying pressure on the manager after angry chants from travelling supporters.
Chalobah, however, disagreed with his manager's assessment. 'I thought personally that the boys were running their socks off,' he said after the match. 'Everyone in the changing room is tired. It's nothing to do with effort. We gave it our all, we just got beat today.'
Brighton ran over seven kilometres more than Chelsea, continuing a trend where the Blues have been outrun in every Premier League game this season. Rosenior apologised to fans, adding: 'I have my own ideas about what needs to happen at this club moving forward.'
The result leaves Chelsea in real danger of missing out on Champions League football next season, with the club enduring its worst run of league form in over a century.
