“No doubt about it, He has been poor in these 2games” – Alan Shearer slams Chelsea player performances against Brighton
Following Chelsea’s 1-1 draw against Brighton, Alan Shearer has slammed the performance of Callum Hudson-Odoi as the winger pull out another Awful game.
However, Hakim Ziyech put Chelsea in front in the first half but the Blues looked well off the pace as Brighton netted a deserved equaliser through Adam Webster in the 60th minute.
Shearer told Premier League Productions: “Hudson-Odoi I thought he had a really poor game this evening,”
“You’re looking for some energy, you’re looking for a burst of pace to go past the defender and it never happened.
“It’s his [Tuchel’s] job to sort it out because we can see it happening on the pitch, we saw it on Saturday against Manchester City, we saw it again against Brighton, it’s not a happy camp and that is one of the reasons, no doubt about it.”
Furthermore, Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel believes his team are tired and need rest following their poor display against Brighton.
Tuchel speaking to BT Sport: “We looked tired and we are. It’s like this. We knew they were well prepared, had more time to prepare and you saw at the end that the stadium celebrated like it was a victory. That is what you face. We tried everything but you could see we were mentally and physically tired.
“We need some days off. The boys need some days off there is no other solution.
“I did not see many teams control Brighton over 90 minutes. They play brave and bring people to your box to create chances. Of course if you can take a half-chance for a second goal you can go out and win and this is what we normally would be up to. At the moment it is difficult to be too harsh on our players as I know what is going on.
“I am happy. He can score 20 more and not celebrate I have no problem. It is normal that they talk, are not happy and don’t like it if we say we want more from them. Even in the reaction for the goal you can see they are tired. It is relief. That is my feeling of the team just now.”