Young Chelsea fan holds up brutal sign telling Mauricio Pochettino’s flops he ‘DOESN’T want their shirts’ during 5-0 Arsenal drubbing, before captain Conor Gallagher responds to it at full-time
A younger Chelsea fan delivered a damning evaluation of their gamers by holding up a sign telling them that he does not want their shirts, on an evening the place Chelsea had been humiliated 5-0 by London rivals Arsenal.
Premier League leaders Arsenal ran rampant with former Chelsea star Kai Havertz and Ben White each bagging themselves a brace, after Leandro Trossard had opened the scoring 4 minutes into the sport.
During the competition, the supporter held up the sign with footage of the Chelsea equipment, which learn: ‘I do not want your shirt!! ‘I want you to want to struggle for ours. UTC (Up the Chelsea).
Chelsea captain Conor Gallagher was requested in regards to the sign during his post-match press convention.
Responding to a query in regards to the sign suggesting that Chelsea gamers do not work laborious sufficient, he mentioned: ‘Well we’re undoubtedly placing the trouble in.
‘I understand how a lot it means to all of the boys, I do know it’s been mentioned many instances, it’s a really younger squad with not a lot expertise as a group within the Premier League.
‘We have had a a lot of ups and downs and we’re nonetheless enhancing and dealing collectively as a group to get to the subsequent degree.
‘Today was a type of days that we had been nowhere close to it.
‘We want to mud ourselves off and in addition look at the efficiency and the place we are able to enhance and all of the errors the place we are able to put it proper and transfer onto the subsequent one.’
The sign additionally caught the eye of Chelsea followers on social media.
One mentioned: ‘The sign held by a fan at tonight’s recreation says it all… FIGHT FOR THE SHIRT!’
Another commented: ‘That sign the child was holding broke me much more. Hang your heads in disgrace Chelsea.’
While a 3rd steered that Chelsea supervisor Mauricio Pochettino ought to nail the sign to the dressing room wall.’
Pochettino himself joined the younger fan in venting his fury as he accused his gamers of ‘giving up’ at the Emirates.
He mentioned: ‘We talked at half-time about how it just isn’t doable to begin the sport like this. But we began in a nasty method once more. We conceded two targets and on this second, the group gave up. We weren’t within the recreation.
‘It is unattainable to see Saturday at Wembley, a implausible efficiency, competing rather well in opposition to Manchester City, among the best on this planet, after which at present. You can lose a recreation, and Arsenal are combating for the Premier League, however the way in which we competed three days in the past and at present, there isn’t any excuse.
‘Three days in the past, implausible recreation, nice efficiency, deserved to go to the ultimate. Today, you should use any phrases to describe our efficiency. Our requirements usually are not sustained for the dangerous days. When now we have dangerous days, we’re so dangerous. When we’re good, we’re able to all the things.’
It caps off a disappointing couple of days for the Blues who misplaced 1-0 to Manchester City within the semi-finals of the FA Cup, after squandering loads of alternatives during the match.
Cole Palmer scored 4 for Chelsea in a 6-0 win over Everton, however even that was maybe overshadowed after Noni Madueke and Nicolas Jackson argued that they need to take a penalty forward of the England worldwide – who’s the Blues’ designated penalty taker.
The heavy defeat by Arsenal leaves Chelsea ninth within the standings, although they’re nonetheless simply three factors off sixth positioned Newcastle with six video games left to play.
