Chelsea’s Chalobah on Rosenior exit and reaching FA Cup final

Chelsea’s Chalobah on Rosenior exit and reaching FA Cup final

Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah says the players must look at themselves following the departure of head coach Liam Rosenior.

Chelsea beat Leeds 1-0 in the FA Cup semi-final, but the game came at the end of a disappointing week for the Blues in which their Champions League qualification hopes seemingly ended following a 3-0 defeat to Brighton, which resulted in Rosenior being sacked by the club.

Reflecting on the win and being in another final, Chalobah said: “Yeah, of course (it feels good). Another final. Last year we were in finals and the year before. So it’s like, we have that mentality and it’s good that we showed that today. We all knew what the goal was and it was just a win no matter what.”

Despite reaching the final, in which they will play Manchester City, Chelsea have lost seven of their last nine games.

Asked what has been going wrong recently, the defender said: “I don’t know. Maybe when you don’t win games, it’s hard to get that determination back in. It’s just resetting, getting our standards back.

“We’re still the same players that we were at the start of the season when we were flying. It’s not like we lose our abilities overnight. It’s just obviously resetting and getting that feeling back and that mentality back.”

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Rosenior had questioned his side’s effort after the loss to Brighton, saying: “That’s indefensible, that performance tonight. The manner of the goals we conceded, the amount of duels that we lost, the lack of intensity in the team. Something needs to change drastically right now.”