So it has come to this. After years of domination in the Premier League under Roman Abramovich and Jose Mourinho, Chelsea are now experiencing what Manchester United have experienced since 2012, when they won their last title and Sir Alex Ferguson left – a steady decline. New ownership spent a huge amount of money, and also wasted some managers (Tuchel, Potter) and they could sack another one – Mauricio Pochettino. Last night, the Blues demonstrated their total impotence in a biggest defeat ever from Arsenal, and it seems that even their fans turned against them. A banner which was displayed at the stands said: ‘I don’t want your shirt!! ‘I want you to want to fight for ours”.It is obvious who rules London! Chelsea mauled mercilessly at the EmiratesChelsea captain Conor Gallagher had to answer about that banner after the game.“Well we are definitely putting the effort in. I know how much it means to all the boys, I know it’s been said many times, it’s a very young squad with not much experience as a team in the Premier League. We have had a lots of ups and downs and we are still improving and working together as a team to get to the next level” said Gallagher, who is the team’s captain at the moment but will be sold in June, in order to get Chelsea out of trouble due to Financial Fair Play rules, and that also says a lot about this club right now.This young Chelsea fan had a message for the Blues last night 😅👕 pic.twitter.com/aGPV5BIrY4— 433 (@433) April 24, 2024 On the other hand, Mauricio Pochettino had no problem of accusing players of ‘giving up’.“We talked at half-time about how it is not possible to start the game like this. But we started in a bad way again. We conceded two goals and in this moment, the team gave up. We were not in the game. It is impossible to see Saturday at Wembley, a fantastic performance, competing really well against Manchester City, one of the best in the world, and then today. You can lose a game, and Arsenal are fighting for the Premier League, but the way we competed three days ago and today, there is no excuse. Three days ago, fantastic game, great performance, deserved to go to the final. Against Arsenal you can use any words to describe our performance. Our standards are not sustained for the bad days. When we have bad days, we are so bad. When we are good, we are capable of everything” said the Argentinian.’A newfound respect for Arteta at this stage’The London media are now discussing if Pochettino will get the sack or the ownership will admit that there were mistakes on their part for this condition too. As for Arteta, the Argentinian expert should stay.“All the sympathy in the world with everything that he has been through. When you look at his team and analyse their last seven games, they deserved to win every match. They played big teams and they deserved to beat all of them. Hopefully things will turn around and he can get what he deserves” said the Spaniard.PREMIER LEAGUE – MATCHDAY 29TuesdayArsenal – Chelsea 5-0 (1-0)/Trossard 4, White 52, 70, Havertz 57, 65/Wednesday21:45: (2.85) Wolverhampton (3.50) Bournemouth (2.55)22:00: (1.35) Man.Utd. (5.60) Sheffield Utd (9.50)22:00: (8.00) Everton (4.80) Liverpool (1.45)22:00: (2.80) Crystal Palace (3.45) Newcastle (2.45)Thursday22:00: (7.00) Brighton (4.50) Man.City (1.45)***odds are subject to change***
