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 🗣️ Liam Rosenior on Chelsea’s 2-2 draw with Leeds United [H] in the Premier League:

😤 “It was two key moments in the game that we didn’t take care of, when we didn’t stay calm.

“Moi Caicedo’s a magnificent player, he’s been top for me, but he makes a poor decision. How the play gets there as well, we made a few poor decisions in terms of how we press in that moment and we give away a penalty.

“The penalty goes in, they hit a few long balls, their energy is up, they pick up a few second balls. The player handballs it, it affects my players in that moment, they think it’s a handball and switch off and don’t clear the ball, they score.

“Then for 25 minutes after that it was wave after wave of attack, but we couldn’t find the goal. We have to just make sure we take care of those moments and be professional. I don’t think it’s about reacting to set-backs. You’re always going to have a spell in the game when you’re not on top.

“The ridiculous thing for us is that they’ve managed to score two goals in a five-minute period, when for the other 90 minutes of the game we were by far the better team. We just made poor decisions in key moments.”

💡 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞:

“Some of our football in possession, our press, our energy was everything I want to see, and that makes it even more of a bitter pill to swallow, that we haven’t won the game.

“If we can just focus and concentrate for 90 minutes, this team has unbelievable potential, which you saw for probably 90 per cent of the game today. I feel like I already know what I want to work on to improve that, it’s just making sure we get the time to do it.”

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐂𝐮𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟-𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞:

“Unfortunately at half-time he felt his hamstring. It wasn’t a tactical change, it was one that was enforced.

“Cucu’s been top and hopefully he’ll be okay. We’ll scan him and make sure we find out if he’s available for the next game.”

(Via Chelsea FC)

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🎩 Enzo Fernández against Leeds United:

• 5 key passes
• 3 shots
• 99 touches
• 75 passes
• 4 long balls
• 33 carries
• 4 defensive contributions
• 6 duels won
• 3 recoveries

🗣️ Liam Rosenior ahead of Hull City [A] in the FA Cup fourth round:

🏥 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬:

“For Marc [Cucurella], it’s too early to know [the extent of the injury].

“He’s definitely out for the game against Hull. We’re doing our scans and assessments on him and hopefully, it’s not too long [his absence].

“Reece [James] has done modified training; but he’s still under the weather. We’ll make a decision on Reece tomorrow, but it’s good news that he’s back on the training pitch.

“In terms of his injury, he’s absolutely fine. He’s had a really bad bug but hopefully he’s recovered from that.”

⏳ 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐇𝐮𝐥𝐥, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐂 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐠:

“Mamadou has a great chance to start the game.

“It's very difficult for a player in January to move clubs. He's only been here for a week, so he needs time to bed in. He needs time to acclimatise, but now I think he's in a really good place and he'll definitely see the pitch at some point on Friday.”

🤔 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧:

“No, it's a tough game. This is going to be a difficult game. I want to do well in this competition. I don't see it any different to a Premier League game or a Champions League game. We're going there with a team that I think will be good enough to win the game. I want to take this game really, really seriously. We're going to have to because they're in good form. They're used to winning games at the moment.”

🐯 𝐎𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞:

“Firstly, Hull City is very special to me. My grandma was a season ticket holder. The club means a lot to me for many different reasons.

“Without Hull, without the experience as a player and manager, I wouldn’t be sat here. I had some amazing times there. It’s great to see them doing so well in the league. It’s going to be an emotional one for me to go back.”

(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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#OnThisDay, we became Club World Cup champions in 2022. 🏆

🗣️ Liam Rosenior on his connection with Hull City, as Chelsea face his former side in the FA Cup fourth round:

❤️‍🩹 “I don’t want to go into too much depth, but I went to Hull on trial. I was without a contract.

“The way I told my Nanny Cath, was that I took her to a local Harvester, sat her down, and said: ‘I’m going to sign for Hull City’. That was amazing.

“She was a season ticket holder already. Sadly, she passed away. She’s buried in a cemetery which is literally less than a mile from the training ground.

“When I took the job at Hull, it was pretty much a year to the day we had her funeral. You see I’m emotional speaking about it. That club means a lot to me. There’s a lot of family going up for reunions.

“I swear she [Nanny Cath] had a hand to play in the draw. I want to make sure it’s a happy memory. We really, really need to go there and win the game because it’s really good to see them doing so well in the league.

“I used to go to Hull when I was a little boy and in the summer holidays when she lived there. I grew up there in my summer holidays. I went to Boothferry Park in the summer to watch them play.

“It’s strange; I’m from London, but I have a connection with Hull. Hull’s also twinned with Freetown, and I’m from Sierra Leone. There’s a lot of omens with Hull.

“Amazing for me. Amazing for my family to get together. They’re going to spend a good night on Friday together as a family, which is difficult because we live so far apart. But, yes, I’m focused on the game and doing the best I can.”

(Via Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐋: Former Chelsea attacker Raheem Sterling has joined Feyenoord as a free agent. 🤝

Sterling has signed a contract with the Dutch side until the end of the 25/26 season. ✍️

All the best, sterling! 💪

[feyenoord]

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Up north to face Hull City. 🚆

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Our 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 lineup for tonight’s match against Hull City [A] in the FA Cup fourth round.

✍️ by vigannpireva

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬:

— Marc Cucurella is unavailable due to a hamstring injury.

— Reece James will undergo a late fitness test following illness.

— Jamie Gittens is unavailable due to a hamstring injury.

— Filip Jorgensen remains unavailable.

— Tosin Adarabioyo has returned to training following his hamstring injury.

— Dario Essugo is unavailable after a setback in training.

— Romeo Lavia remains out due to a quad injury, but has returned to team training.

— Levi Colwill is out with a long-term injury, but is understood to be making good progress.

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Your Chelsea side tonight! 🫡

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Ready to start. 💪

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Come on Chelsea! ✊

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