‘Brutal Honesty’ ‘Love This’ – Fans on Twitter Are Praising Chelsea Defender’s Frank Assessment Of Leicester Loss

‘Brutal Honesty’ ‘Love This’ – Fans on Twitter Are Praising Chelsea Defender’s Frank Assessment Of Leicester Loss

Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger did not pull any punches after the Blues slumped to a 1-0 home defeat to Leicester at the weekend.

Following the game, the German international said that the players have no one to blame but themselves after their second loss in four league games:

“For our situation in the table it’s very bad and it’s disappointing. With all due respect, if we don’t win these kind of matches, we don’t need to speak about Liverpool or City.”

“We know that they came here maybe to draw, to score that one goal, they did it and they sat back. We had a couple of chances we didn’t use.”

“We came out in the second half and we conceded almost directly. It’s tough but it’s our own fault because I think we could have solved that situation better. We didn’t and everything became complicated.”

Fans on Twitter respected Rudiger’s frank assessment of the defeat:

Rudiger’s criticism was backed up by manager Maurizio Sarri who said that the players lost their heads after Jamie Vardy put the visitors in front on 51 minutes.

The Blues did have opportunities to get back on level terms, with Marcos Alonso hitting the post after being put through on goal late in the match, but it was a disappointing performance overall.

Sarri’s men will want to get back to winning ways against Watford on Boxing Day, and they will have to be on their game as the Hornets are a difficult opponent on their home turf.

David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.