The two mistakes Liam Rosenior has made with ‘frustrated Chelsea stars revealed

Liam Rosenior is fighting to save his job as Chelsea manager with is position under review following last night’s calamitous 3-0 defeat against Brighton.

The Premier League giants had intended to analyse the performance of the man they hired to replace Enzo Maresca in January come the end of the season, but a disastrous run of form has changed the picture dramatically.

A fifth successive defeat without scoring a goal has all but ended hopes of Champions League qualification while the the club’s involvement in Europe was ended in the round of the last 16 following a chastening 8-2 aggregate thrashing at the hands of holders PSG.

Rosenior is likely to remain in place for this weekends FA Cup semi-final against Leeds United but an eighth loss in nine games in all competitions could have disastrous ramifications.

According to the Daily Mail, the first team squad have been left confused by their latest manager’s instructions, especially as he regularly alters tactics during games.

The former Reading and Fulham defender’s ‘intense’ nature is also said to have represented a concern even if talk of having lost the dressing room is premature.

‘Liam is a really nice guy and everyone wants him to succeed,’ one insider explained. ‘But the reality of the situation is that a lot of the players are struggling to figure out what he wants from them.

‘He’s intense and he overloads them with information, he does a lot of individual work on top of what he does with the group. It’s difficult for them to follow and it makes things worse when he changes those instructions during games.

‘Everyone is frustrated and they know that results should be better but they don’t feel like they understand what is being asked from them and they don’t feel like that situation is going to change.’

Rosenior, meanwhile, says he must identify which players he can trust after delivering a scathing assessment of his team’s woeful defeat at another of his former clubs.

Travelling fans turned on their head coach as the Blues continued their losing sequence with a defeat that has rubber-stamped their worst league run since 1912.

Rosenior endured explicit chants from his own supporters during a dismal display at the Amex Stadium and, alongside his players, faced further hostility at full-time.

‘I understand their frustration,’ he said of the fans. ‘The buck stops with me. I have thick skin and I understand why the fans are frustrated.

‘I’m frustrated with the performances we’re putting in. I’ve just got to keep working hard with the staff, with the players.

‘But what I do need to do is really look at how we go about games, the personnel of the team, who I can trust and rely on in difficult moments, because not enough players showed that.’

Without injured attacking trio Cole Palmer, Estevao and Joao Pedro, the toothless Blues failed to register an attempt on target and remain seven points adrift of fifth-placed Liverpool, having played a game more.

Rosenior warned his squad they do not belong at Stamford Bridge if they cannot handle pressure and criticism.

‘I’m not throwing anyone under the bus,’ he said. ‘That was an unacceptable performance, and I’m at the head of that.

‘We’re playing for Chelsea, I’m managing Chelsea, the criticism and pressure comes with the football club.

‘If you can’t handle that then you shouldn’t be here. It’s as simple as that. That’s something that needs to be addressed this week but it also needs to be addressed in the long term.

‘We need to make the correct decisions for the team for a massive game on Sunday and we’ll do the very best we can to turn it around.’