helsea’s season hit a brand new low and turned mutinous as they slumped to a second defeat to Manchester Metropolis in 4 days.
The Blues had come out with their heads held considerably excessive after a 1-0 Premier League defeat on Thursday however they had been dominated in a 4-0 FA Cup defeat on Sunday.
The humbling means Chelsea have exited each home cup competitions on the first stage for the primary time in 34 years. They’re tenth within the Premier League, 10 factors exterior the highest 4 and in critical hazard of lacking out on Champions League qualification.
It had appeared many Chelsea supporters within the away finish left the Etihad Stadium after Phil Foden put their aspect 3-0 down on the finish of the primary half.
However a lot returned within the second half and chanted the names of each former Chelsea proprietor Roman Abramovich and ex-manager Thomas Tuchel.
In 2019, Chelsea supporters turned on Maurizio Sarri after a 6-0 defeat on the Etihad Stadium. This time, they turned on each Potter and co-owners Todd Boehly and Clearlake.
Chelsea seem in decline regardless of spending over £300million on transfers since Boehly and Clearlake accomplished their takeover from Abramovich final 12 months.
Sadly, the chaos from that takeover led the house owners to conduct switch enterprise themselves alongside Tuchel, who they sacked in January over a poor working relationship.
There are questions over whether or not Marc Cucurella, Kalidou Koulibaly or Wesley Fofana had been worth signings in a scramble to cowl the exits of Antonio Rudiger and Andreas Christensen.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has additionally been a catastrophe signing and he was absent from the Chelsea squad on the Etihad with what Chelsea mentioned was a minor harm.
It pressured Potter into an uncomfortable place to begin two academy gamers, 19-year-old debutant Bashir Humphreys and 18-year-old Lewis Corridor, in defence.
After 5 main finals in six years it looks like everybody concerned at Chelsea, each previous and current, should take some portion of blame for a way this season goes.
It appears like the primary season of the brand new period might be a trophyless one.
Many annoyed followers have had sufficient and, within the eyes of many, the fault lies extra with the brand new regime than the outdated.
