Chelsea are supposed to be a changed club. The days when Luiz Felipe Scolari was shown the door in February of his first season, André Villas-Boas was cut adrift in March or Roberto di Matteo, fresh from a European Cup triumph, dumped unceremoniously in late November are apparently long gone. Yet this is the kind of wretched occasion prone to leave a livid hierarchy flicking through a list of potential interims as they contemplate a return to chopping and changing. Head coaches, after all, have been condemned by defeats far less emphatic.
Maurizio Sarri had spent most of the second half here scribbling frantically in a notepad while his team were shredded, brutally and brilliantly, out on the pitch by Bournemouth. The hosts had only recently emerged from a run of 11 defeats in 14 games in all competitions but poured through Chelsea’s panicked and pathetic ranks, their counterattacks carrying all the bite and incision their opponents have lacked since the late autumn, sensing little to no resistance en route. The notes could express nothing else but horror.
Written by Dominic Fifield at the Vitality Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jan/30/bournemouth-chelsea-premier-league-match-report under the title “Josh King shines in Bournemouth’s stunning demolition of Chelsea”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
