“His football sense is out of this world” “Makes us to lose focus” – David Moyes blames Chelsea star for Manipulating his players in 5-0 defeat to Chelsea
West Ham United was destroyed 5-0 by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, keeping the Blues’ hopes of qualifying for Europe alive.
The Blues win thanks to goals from Cole Palmer, Conor Gallagher, Noni Madekue, and Nicola Jackson (brace).
Following the game, Chelsea’s opener, Cole Palmer, was named by West Ham manager David Moyes as one of the game’s greatest players, causing his team to lose focus.
Cole Palmer continued to prove his value in the game and was always present.
Following the game, Moyes declared, “We are badly exposed by Chelsea’s opening goal, which was scored by Cole Palmer. My players’ psyche is weakened as a result.
“It’s happened several times this season, which I’ve certainly not enjoyed,” Moyes said. “I didn’t enjoy today at all. Players not in their positions, running out of position, opening up too easily.
“We were lacking toughness, leadership, mental toughness. We’ve now had two away games where we’ve conceded five. The manager will always take the responsibility because that’s what you do in this job, you have to prepare them and get them right, setting them up.
“Somewhere along the line the players have to take responsibility for doing their jobs, being hard to play against, being aggressive and competitive. I question if we were all that in the first-half.”
Only the current bottom three have conceded more goals than West Ham’s 70 so far this season and there has been a particular trend of chastening defeats away from home, including a 5-0 reverse at Fulham before Christmas and a 4-3 defeat at Newcastle earlier this year in which Moyes’s side blew a 3-1 lead in the final quarter-of-an-hour.
Asked if he could explain his side’s apparent frailty, Moyes pointed to the sale of club captain Declan Rice, who joined Arsenal in a £105million deal last summer.
“When you’ve got the best midfield player in the country protecting, probably limiting 50 per cent of their attacks it makes you much a better defensive team,” he added. “We’ve lacked protection in front of the back four, lacked good enough defending, not been good enough at those things in many games.”