Former Arsenal star Paul Merson has slammed Chelsea following their shock 2-1 defeat to Sunderland within the Premier League on Saturday.
The Englishman singled out one participant for criticism after the Blues fell 2-1 in entrance of their very own followers at Stamford Bridge.
Alejandro Garnacho opened the scoring for Chelsea after simply 4 minutes, however the guests fought again via objectives from Wilson Isidor and Chemsdine Talbi to take all three factors.
Arsenal legend and lifelong Chelsea fan Merson criticised the entire crew and hit out at younger striker Marc Guiu, saying the previous Barcelona participant must be changed instantly.
Guiu is at present filling in for Liam Delap, who’s recovering from a long-term damage.
“Properly impressed with Sunderland right now, I wasn’t with Chelsea,” Merson informed Sky Sports activities.
“I believed they’d battle. They want Delap again badly, they want a focus.
“Guiu performed up entrance and I feel he touched the ball 9, ten occasions. You may’t do this in a crew that’s speculated to be dominating the ball.
“Chelsea ran out of concepts. They’d winger after winger however half of them don’t go previous anybody. Joao Pedro seemed misplaced as a quantity ten. They struggled and have been fairly poor.”
On account of his spectacular performances in Chelsea’s final two video games, Enzo Maresca handed Guiu his first Premier League begin in opposition to Sunderland, a membership he was loaned to at the beginning of the season.
The most recent defeat means Chelsea have dropped to eighth within the desk and are 5 factors behind leaders Arsenal.
