LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 18: Liam Rosenior manager of Chelsea looks dejected during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on April 18, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Vince Mignott/MB Media/Getty Images) | Getty Images Chelsea succumbed to the evil cosmic forces of football once again on Saturday night, losing our fourth Premier League game in a row, all without managing to score a single stinking goal. We did hit the woodwork three times, so we’ve got that going for us, but beyond that, it was yet another toothless, uninspiring performance, punctuated by extreme bouts of inattention and incompetence, and the occasional bit of emotion to remind us that this is, indeed, the real world.Whether Liam Rosenior is operating in that same real world is up for debate.

Rosenior has now managed just one win in his last ten games against non-lower league opposition, though this latest one certainly seems to have thrown him for a loop. This defeat simply does not compute for the head coach.“I will never lie, I can’t speak on things that I don’t see. I saw a team that were dominant.

We were dominant from the first moment of the game to the last. But we have to take care of our moments better. And that’s what’s costing us points at this moment in time.”“...

Tonight we didn’t get the result that I felt we deserved or needed.... They’ve had one shot on target in the game. I can’t remember another chance they’ve had.

I could say that about Newcastle three weeks ago. I know we know what needs to improve at this club because you cannot work that hard to score a goal and the other team have one shot and score. We need to improve in that aspect if we’re going to give ourselves any chance to win a game.”“[But] it’s a really, really difficult one to take because people don’t want to hear me say how well we played and didn’t win the game.

We’re here to win. There are many elements actually that the process of underlying things that we’re looking into that suggest that if you stay in this process we will win games of football. It doesn’t look like it at the moment but the reality is Manchester United have come in, had one shot, won a goal against 10 men and won a game 1-0 which should be pretty much impossible.”Defeat leaves us just barely clinging on to sixth place with any sort of European hopes, even UEFA Conference League ones let alone Champions League ones, fading fast.

We have five games left, and it’s hard to see how this current “process” will get us a winning result in any of them. At this point, I’m not even sure we could get one over Spurs, even if doing so could very well confirm their relegation.Brighton, away, are up next, in a quick turnaround for Tuesday night.“[The players] are good lads, I have to say. They’re honest, they’re working hard.

I don’t want them to feel like everything’s against them. [But this results] gives us a mountain to climb. It’s not insurmountable but it gives us a mountain to climb and we have to go into Brighton with an idea that we have to win that game and kick-start the rest of our season.”-Liam Rosenior; source: Football.LondonAnd what could possibly motivate any better than presenting the task at hand as an insurmountable mountain to climb? Follow him into battle.