Chelsea were beaten 3-0 by the Blades on Saturday evening as the Blues top 4 hopes looks shaky, Meanwhile, Chelsea captain Cesar Azpilicueta has revealed the main reasons behind the defeat against Sheffield. He said:
“They are a well-organised team, they don’t concede many goals, but we were not sharp enough, we were not quick enough to move the ball to find the attacking players in good positions. We were quite flat on the passes, going sideways, backwards,” Cesar Azpilicueta told Chelsea’s club website after the 3-0 loss to Sheffield United.
“We were not dangerous in attacking the space, creating spaces for our team-mates and obviously when we concede the goals that we have conceded it is difficult and something that is a big issue we are having through the season.
“We are conceding a lot of goals, and it is like against Crystal Palace you have to score three goals to win the game and this time we were not even able to score one.
“It was more about the desire, about the determination, that they were always ahead of us, that they were more determined than us, always they put the toe in before us. So these kinds of things, the 50-50s and second balls, it doesn’t matter the shape.”
Meanwhile, Arsenal legend Ian Wright agreed with Azpi’s analysis of the game as he blasted Chelsea for showing little intensity and desire to get all the 3 points.
The Blues now need to win all their remaining games to have a good chance of finishing in the top 4 spots, but they also need Leicester City and Manchester United to drop points in one game.