Analysis: Fans have turned on Rosenior

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At his former club, where he also began his coaching career, Liam Rosenior was met with chants from his own supporters calling for him to leave for the first time

It marked radical new low point in a bleak run of five consecutive league defeats without a goal for Chelsea - their worst such sequence in more than a century and one that few supporters have witnessed in their lifetime.

Given the club's success over the past 25 years, it is perhaps understandable that patience is thin for a head coach appointed just three months ago from Chelsea's partner club, Strasbourg.

There were early signs that the night might not unfold as Rosenior had hoped. Marc Cucurella's barber leaked news that Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro were unavailable through injury - information the head coach had intended to keep under wraps -before it quickly circulated on social media platform X in the mid-morning.

It was the third team-news leak Rosenior has faced this season and the latest in a series of issues that unfolded throughout the match.

Tactically, his decision to switch to a back five - only the second time Chelsea have done so this season - quickly proved ineffective, forcing a change back to his usual system at half-time.

Such was Chelsea's disarray that they conceded after three minutes following a poor clearance from Jorrel Hato. They then went on to concede the second-highest expected goals (xG) total after 20 minutes of any Premier League game this season, while failing to register a shot until the 40th minute.

The introduction of at the interval brought only marginal improvement before Chelsea were deservedly 2-0 down.