Brighton & Hove Albion defeated Chelsea 3-0 in a Premier League match, matching Chelsea's worst performance in the WAGNH Community Player Ratings. This loss marks a troubling trend for Chelsea under head coach Liam Rosenior, who has faced significant criticism.
Key points
Brighton defeated Chelsea 3-0 in a Premier League match.
Chelsea matched their worst performance in WAGNH Community Player Ratings.
Liam Rosenior is the first coach with three entries in the Hall of Shame.
Several Chelsea players received ratings below 4.0.
The loss raises concerns about Chelsea's future performance.
Mentioned in this story
Liam Rosenior
ChelseaBrighton & Hove AlbionPremier League
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - APRIL 21: Robert Sanchez of Chelsea looks on during the Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea at Amex Stadium on April 21, 2026 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) | Getty Images
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - APRIL 21: Robert Sanchez of Chelsea looks on during the Premier League match between Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea at Amex Stadium on April 21, 2026 in Brighton, England. (Photo by Warren Little/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Well, I didn’t think it would be possible, but Chelsea’s 6-0 defeat at the Etihad back in 2019 is no longer the worst Chelsea performance in the history of the WAGNH Community Player Ratings. It wasn’t quite beaten, but it was exactly matched by Tuesday’s 3-0 defeat to Brighton.
Three of Liam Rosenior’s last six games in charge are now all on this list, The Hall of Shame if you will. He’s the first head coach to have three entries on the list, which is especially impressive considering the rather abbreviated length of his overall tenure. He had to go, which he’s now done, though the players are still here and they haven’t exactly been covering themselves in glory for quite some time now either. Will that change now? Seems unlikely, but surely it cannot get any worse … can it?
What were the player ratings for Chelsea in the 3-0 loss to Brighton?
Chelsea players received poor ratings, with several players scoring below 4.0, indicating a subpar performance.
How does the 3-0 defeat to Brighton compare to Chelsea's previous worst performances?
The 3-0 defeat to Brighton matches Chelsea's historical worst performance, previously set by a 6-0 loss to Manchester City in 2019.
Who is Liam Rosenior and why is he significant in Chelsea's recent losses?
Liam Rosenior is the head coach of Chelsea, and he has now recorded three entries in the Hall of Shame for poor performances within a short coaching tenure.
What does the future hold for Chelsea after this loss to Brighton?
The loss raises questions about the team's ability to improve, with concerns about player commitment and overall team performance under current management.
Related Articles
Sports
Can Arsenal become ruthless enough to win the Premier League title?
Arsenal's title hopes depend on their ruthlessness in scoring goals.
Yahoo Sports··1 min read
Sports
Major Ekitike blow as report hints at longer-than-expected Liverpool absence
Hugo Ekitike's recovery from injury may take longer than expected.
Yahoo Sports··1 min read
Sports
What pockets of a Rams coach said that his mouth wouldn't
Ty Simpson drafted by Rams as 13th pick in 2026 NFL Draft, emotional moment captured.
Yahoo Sports··1 min read
Sports
21-year-old super talent will replace Alisson Becker at Liverpool
Liverpool eyes a 21-year-old talent as Alisson Becker's successor.
Yahoo Sports··1 min read
MMA
Chimaev 'calienta' el duelo con Strickland: "No quiero matar a un hombre..."
Chimaev y Strickland se provocan antes de su pelea en UFC 328 el 9 de mayo.
Marca··1 min read
NFL·Preview
50 best available players for Commanders on Day 2 of 2026 NFL Draft
Check out the 50 best players available for the Commanders on Day 2 of the NFL Draft!
The Hall of Shame is now up to 14 entries. I’m going to have to start cutting this down to like a top ten if we keep adding to it at the rate we’re going.
I’m still keeping this first on the list in an executive decision (or on goal difference). For over seven years, it was tough to see Chelsea ever “topping” this performance. Technically, we still haven’t done so, but we did match it by average ratings. City’s finishing was more clinical in this game however, and as result, it remains the team’s worst loss in over three decades. We were down three inside of 20 minutes, down four by half, and gave up two more in the second half for good measure. The nadir of Sarri-ball, or (almost) any ball.
**3.02 — Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Chelsea (2026.IV.21.)**
The players are not fit to wear the shirt, said Liam Rosenior in his final post-match press conference. A coach not fit for the job, a squad not fit for the shirt, an ownership not fit for the club.
**3.36 — Brighton & Hove Albion 3-0 Chelsea (2025.II.14.)**
Who let the record skip? The team showed no desire, said head coach Enzo Maresca, but our mentality was just one of the many aspects lacking in this one. In fact, we were found lacking in just about every aspect of the game, from attack to defense, from planning to focusing, from strategy to execution.
The second of back-to-back 3-0 losses, and back-to-back Hall of Shame entries, and our third three-goal defeat in four games (all losses), conceding twelve goals in that span. Everton’s greatest margin of victory over Chelsea in the Premier League era. The only player showing any fight: 18-year-old Estêvão. Liam Rosenior: aging men and creating ifs. BlueCo masterplan: chef’s kiss.
This was the away game before the (aforementioned) City away game, and with Chelsea giving up four goals in the second half of this one and four goals in the first half of that one, we managed to lose 90 minutes of (away) football by a combined 8-0 scoreline. Now that is truly impressive!
Chelsea had lost this Champions League Round of 16 tie in the first leg already, so all we really wanted to see was some reasonable effort, a bit of quality entertainment, and some desire. We conceded twice in the first 15 minutes, and it only got more embarrassing from there. Not one player stood out; everyone was simply bad. Our worst home game**\***, and worst European match in WAGNH Player Ratings history.
*\*not counting the 4-2 home defeat against third division Bradford City in the 2014-15 FA Cup, which wasn’t televised*
Antonio Conte’s last Premier League game in charge, which began with Chelsea holding a slim chance of qualifying for the Champions League (Liverpool won so it didn’t matter in the end), but ended up with yet another hilarious collapse. A week later, Chelsea beat Manchester United in the FA Cup final so yeah, good luck figuring out football.
**3.83 — Steaua Bucharest 1-0 Chelsea (2013.III.13.)**
There were many lows of the (We’re-Just-Not-That-)Interim Blues, and this was certainly one of them. Chelsea came back to smash Steaua 3-1 in the second leg of the Europa League Round of 16 and would eventually go on to win the competition. In retrospect, viewed through the lens of recent seasons, it must be acknowledged that this interim era looks pretty okay.
The second lowest rated game at Stamford Bridge in the history**\** of our WAGNH Community Player Ratings *(**\**see Bradford City caveat above)*. That said, we would finish both this season (2023-24) and the following season (2024-25) strongly despite the springtime games that made this list. Can we do the same this season?
**3.95 — Sheffield United 3-0 Chelsea (2020.VII.11.)**
Outside of the first few minutes, Chelsea were never in this game, which was played in July in an empty stadium thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. What made the result even more shocking was Chelsea’s generally very good play and form during “Project Restart”. Like the current editions, this was a fairly young and inexperienced team, but with Frankie’s Fledglings we at least seemed to be on the right path for (re-)building towards a more positive future.
**3.95 — Watford 4-1 Chelsea (2018.II.5.)**
Conte lost 3-0 to Bournemouth in the game before this and asked the club for an official vote of confidence, which was then followed by an even worse performance as 10-man Chelsea were destroyed at Vicarage Road. In fairness, Chelsea, after falling behind, actually equalized in the final ten minutes despite playing a man down since the 30th (Tiémoué Bakayoko taking the ultimate prize with a 1.4 individual rating). But Watford took the lead again immediately after Hazard’s equalizer and the Blues folded from there.
Fun fact: Bakayoko’s rating stood for a long time as the lowest individual rating. It was “bettered” by Robert Sánchez’s 1.1 against Manchester United earlier this season (when he got himself sent off in the fith minute).
**3.96 — Chelsea 1-3 Southampton (2015.X.3.)**
The Mourinho Season was already in full swing by the time Sadio Mané inspired Saints to their first win at the Bridge in 13 years. Fun fact: this was Falcao’s one and only start in the Premier League (he would play just three more times for us that season for a grand total of 35 minutes, and we would lose all three games).
The worst of a most terrible season, the first of the post-Abramovich era. This was the fifth in a run of six successive defeats in all competitions as we wanted nothing more than for the season to end. We set quite a few new marks for futility in this season, and unfortunately, improvement on that has been marginal at best…
