Match Report: Chelsea beaten 3-1 by Nottingham Forest in sixth consecutive Premier League defeat

After half time, things didn’t get any better. Forest scored again from a quick counter, and Robert Sanchez was taken off after getting a head injury. The stadium was emptying from about the 60th minute, and the only thing that mitigated the boos at full time was the fact that only half of the fans were left – as well as an injury time bicycle kick from Joao Pedro.

MOTM – Joao Pedro

Analysis

What can you really analyse from this game? It’s a new manager with the same players and the same problems. Conceding a soft early goal through shocking collective defending. Then making individual mistakes to allow the opposition a second goal. Then lacking any sort of belief or fight to try and change the course of the game.

At this point, you don’t even get the sense that losing more games could have the positive impact of bringing more radical change down the line. We’ve bottomed out, and all that’s left from now until the summer is misery.

Teams

Chelsea: Sanchez (Jorgensen 66); Gusto, Chalobah, Tosin (Colwill 46), Cucurella; Caicedo, Lavia (Andrey Santos 58); Palmer, Fernandez, Derry (Delap 45+9); Joao Pedro

Chelsea substitutes: Jorgensen, James, Acheampong, Fofana, Hato, Essugo

Nottingham Forest: Sels, Abbott (Williams 45+5), Morato, Jair Cunha (Milenkovic 46), Netz, Yates, McAtee, Dominguez (Anderson 46), Bakwa, Igor Jesus (Gibbs-White 46, Wood 67), Awoniyi

Nottingham Forest substitutes: Ortega, Moreira, Hutchinson, Lucca

Stats

Quote of the game

“The first 15 minutes was unacceptable. The manner in which the two goals were conceded has really set us back. It gave ourselves a mountain to climb. You can’t do that at this level” – Calum McFarlane on where Chelsea went wrong.