Liam Rosenior sacked by Chelsea three months into six-year contract

The Englishman arrived at Stamford Bridge having worked with Chelsea’s owners at French side Strasbourg, an affiliate club under the BlueCo model.

And last week, co-owner Behdad Eghbali insisted Chelsea were “behind Liam” despite their rocky run of form and said he had “every attribute to be successful”.

But the nature of the defeat to Brighton has forced the club into a drastic move ahead of Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Leeds United at Wembley.

Chelsea were diabolical in a 3-0 defeat to Brighton and Rosenior couldn’t stop the rot (PA)

Chelsea have lost seven of their last eight games and have only beaten League One strugglers Port Vale in the FA Cup quarter-finals during that run.

That victory is the only game Chelsea have scored in out of their last seven in all competitions since a stunning collapse away to Paris Saint-Germain.

Chelsea now look set to miss out on next season’s Champions League and face a fight to make it into Europe at all after Brighton went above them into sixth.

Supporters turned on the head coach during the dismal defeat on the south coast, with Rosenior admitting he felt “numb” in an astonishing post-match interview.

“It was unacceptable, in every aspect of the game. I keep coming out and defending the players, that was indefensible, that performance tonight,” he said.

“The manner of the goals we conceded, the duels that we lost. Something has to change drastically right here, right now.”

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