🗣️ Xabi Alonso on Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat to Brentford [A] in the Premier League:

🤝 “I’m disappointed at the end with the second half and the result.

“This is not enough to compete in the Premier League, not to be able to go for the 90 minutes. This is why today we were punished.

“At the moment, we are not being consistent enough to compete during the whole game – 45 [minutes] is not enough, you need to play the whole game knowing each detail is important and each action can be decisive.

“We dropped our consistency, and our competitive mentality needed in the second half. It's about 95 minutes, and we have not been able to keep that level throughout these few games in the start of the season. It's something that we'll have to do better.”

😶‍🌫️ 𝐎𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞𝐚 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬:

“We concede the first goal but still during the game and when you lose shape, you are out of control, you concede in a transition and they do that well, things that we have worked [on]. So to be able to understand the game, to know what it takes to be competing until the end, it’s something that, it’s a process, it takes time for them to feel it and at the moment we are not feeling it fully to compete for the whole game.

“It’s not about talking or looking for excuses. We need to look at each other and know we have to work and improve.

“There is still a long way to go, but we have to check many things.”

(Via Chelsea FC & Bobby Vincent - Football London)

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WOW.. it's been that bad at the back. 🤯

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🚨 The minimum requirement for Xabi Alonso from Chelsea this season is said to be Champions League qualification, although as things stand, one of the biggest clubs in Europe is not even kings of their own west London backyard.

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September’s International Blues 🌎

Youth & Loanees call ups:
Senegal: 𝑴𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒐𝒖 𝑺𝒂𝒓𝒓
Italy: 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑨𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒓
Denmark: 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑 𝑱𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒏
Portugal U21: 𝑫𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒐 𝑬𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒈𝒐
Sweden U21: 𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒘𝒊
England U20: 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝑴𝒉𝒆𝒖𝒌𝒂
England U19: 𝑭𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍, 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒉, 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒛𝒛𝒚 𝑬𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒂
England U18: 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒊𝒏 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒆, 𝑱𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒚𝒅𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒘𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝑹𝒚𝒂𝒏 𝑲𝒂𝒗𝒖𝒎𝒂-𝑴𝒄𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏
Portugal U18: 𝑰𝒔𝒂𝒂𝒄 𝑩𝒂𝒅𝒖
England U17: 𝑱𝒐𝒔𝒉 𝑯𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒚, 𝑯𝒆𝒛𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒘𝒂𝒅𝒆, 𝑴𝒂𝒉𝒅𝒊 𝑵𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍-𝑱𝒂𝒛𝒖𝒍𝒊, 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒔𝒐𝒏
Ecuador U17: 𝑫𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝑶𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒛
Morocco U17: 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒉-𝑩𝒆𝒓𝒌𝒐𝒖𝒛

#CFC #Chelsea #ChelseaFC

Chelsea sit 10th after 5 games but still only 3 points off 3rd and 2 off 4th

Next 5 Premier League fixtures:

- Bournemouth (H)
- Everton (A)
- Tottenham (H)
- Man United (H)
- Sunderland (A)

Colwill: ‘’Luckily we’ve got a while now to try and improve. Hopefully, we will come out the other side flying, pick up our play, and become a better team.’’

(Chelsea FC)

Caicedo has been left out of the Ecuador squad. He has played just once since start of season.

(Bobby Vincent)

A chance for key players to recover over the international break. Still very early and a lot to play for.

It’s Katie’s cake day! 🎂

Have an amazing birthday, Katie. 🥳

In case you missed it: our Carabao Cup fourth round tie has a confirmed time and date. 📆

🚨 Cole Palmer will withdraw from the England squad due to load management and stay at Chelsea during the international break.

(David Ornstein)

Chelsea described it as ‘a small injury.’ He played the full 90 minutes of Chelsea’s last four games and 83 mins against Fulham.

(Matt Law)

Chelsea sources are describing it as a muscular injury which needs managing.

(Kieran Gill)

🚨🔵 Levi Colwill believes those remaining with Chelsea over the international break must use it as an opportunity to 'become a better team' under Xabi Alonso.

(ChelseaFC) #CFC

Debut for Mahdi Nicoll-Jazuli. 👏

🔵 Our youngest-ever #PL player, aged 16 years and 225 days.

🗓️ First player born in 2010 to play in the #PL.