By Sunday Osunkwo
Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior was reacting to the setbacks as a big failing as they slip off the pace in top-five race and see the gap to best sides in Premier League with 3-0 loss at home to Man City; “It comes down to resilience in difficult moments,” says under-pressure Blues boss.The gap between Man City and Arsenal is closing.
But the gap between Chelsea and the top of the Premier League felt vast on Sunday, as they were outclassed in the second half at Stamford Bridge.
Blues boss Liam Rosenior will come under pressure after this 3-0 loss to title-chasing City, with his side’s prospects of Champions League qualification badly hit.
They are now four points behind fifth-placed Liverpool and have lost their last three in the league without scoring.
But Rosenior made it clear what the big problem is for his side:
the mentality when Chelsea suffer a setback.
“It’s happened too many times,” he said in his post-match press conference, following City’s quickfire goals soon after half-time which took the game away from his team.
Rosenior was also no doubt thinking about how his side blew a two-goal lead against relegation battlers Leeds here in February, or last month’s late collapse at Paris St-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
“Man City started the second half better than us – that can happen against a good team – but what you can’t do is concede two goals in the manner that we did so quickly, one after the other,” said Rosenior.
“It comes down to resilience in difficult moments and seeing those moments through and making sure you’re still in the game.”
In contrast, Pep Guardiola said about his own City players: “The success of these players is the hierarchy, the sports directors, the club, that bring me, or give me at my disposal an amazing mentality, competitive players. So that is the key of the success.”
Those are the kind of players Rosenior wants to bring to Chelsea.
“We’ve had, even over the last week, lots of detailed conversations about what we need to look like moving forward from the summer window,” he said.
Arsenal leads the pack in the English Premier League with 6 games to go and Chelsea Fc looking desperately to qualify for the Champions League spot.
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