Jason Cundy makes bleak Chelsea claim and FA prediction after Brighton defeat

Jason Cundy labelled Chelsea’s 3-0 Premier League defeat to Brighton as the ‘worst performance’ he has ever seen from his former side.

Liam Rosenior’s side were totally outplayed away to Brighton, with goals from Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood and Danny Welbeck dealing a hammer blow to the Blues’ hopes of Champions League qualification.

Chelsea have now lost five league games without scoring a goal for the first time since 1912 and are seven points off Liverpool in fifth with only four games left to play.

Vocal chants from the away fans called for Rosenior to be sacked in the second half, despite the Englisman only replacing Enzo Maresca four months ago.

And ex-Chelsea defender Cundy pulled no punches when analysing his former side’s performance on Tuesday evening.

‘That was disgusting, absolutely disgusting,’ he told talkSPORT. ‘I am ashamed of that performance tonight. Absolutely ashamed. It’s gutless.

‘They absolutely battered us. They embarrassed us. At 2-0, I’m thinking the scoreline just doesn’t do it justice. And at 3-0, it still doesn’t.

‘The shape of the team, when they’re five at the back, wow, that just didn’t work. You saw that after about seven minutes. Could not get out of our box. Couldn’t get out of our half. Brighton, it was like a training game for them.

‘First half, I don’t know what that was. That was absolutely turgid. Disgusting. And do you know what? It’s getting worse. Brighton are a good side, but that is unacceptable

‘I think it’s the worst [Chelsea] performance I’ve ever seen, and I’ve played in a few. I can’t think of a worse performance than that. I genuinely can’t. I cannot think of a worse gutless spineless performance.’

Chelsea’s only victory in their last eight matches in all competitions came in the FA Cup quarter-final against struggling League One side Port Vale.

But Cundy does not hold out much hope that the Blues will keep their FA Cup hopes alive on Sunday when they travel to Wembley to take on Leeds United in the semi-finals.

‘Do you know what? We got Leeds at the weekend,’ he added. ‘And I’m telling you now, we ain’t winning that game.

‘We are not winning that game. We’re getting dumped out the FA Cup.

‘I don’t know where the next victory is going to come from. I don’t know where the next shot on target is going to come from. Absolutely disgusted.’

Speaking post-match, an equally infuriated Rosenior pointed the finger at his own players for what he described as an ‘unacceptable’ performance.

‘For the fans, honestly, apologise, that’s unacceptable,’ Rosenior told Chelsea TV after the game.

‘I will defend the players when they deserve to be defended. Three or four of them gave everything, I’m not going to name names but three or four is not good enough.

‘I have my own ideas about what needs to happen at this club moving forward. All I can do at the moment is apologise to the fans for what we put in today.’

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