{"id":1633,"date":"2026-04-28T08:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2026-04-28T08:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T08:33:07","slug":"key-chelsea-player-shrugs-off-roseniors-criticisms-of-the-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"Key Chelsea player shrugs off Rosenior&#8217;s criticisms of the squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Liam Rosenior called out his players after his last game in charge \u2013 and in many ways was proved right by their performance yesterday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoy Chelsea News coverage and want to see more of it, add us as a preferred source on Google to make us a favourite and see more of our content.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A week ago, Liam Rosenior likely knew he wasn\u2019t going to keep his job after defeat to Brighton. He decided to finally call out his players\u2019 efforts in the last few weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In a way he was proven right yesterday, where Chelsea \u2013 now under an interim manager \u2013 instantly improved and got an FA Cup semi final win. Key to that win was defender Trevoh Chalobah, and he was asked about those accusations of low-effort from Rosenior.<\/p>\n<h2>Chalobah responds to criticism of Chelsea players\u2019 efforts<\/h2>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cThe past is the past. For us, it is about results and winning games,\u201d Chalobah said, shrugging off the criticism without really addressing it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\u201cWe still have the same players that we had at the start of the season when we were flying so it is not like we lose our abilities over night. It is just about resetting and getting that feeling and mentality back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile his teammate Robert Sanchez called Calum McFarlane\u2019s arrival a \u201cbreath of fresh air\u201d in the same interview with the BBC.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Chalobah also spoke about the dressing room feeling after Liam Rosenior was sacked \u2013 you can imagine it\u2019s been pretty low.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle look like they\u2019re interesting in Chelsea attacker Nicolas Jackson. It\u2019s unlikely he\u2019d be keen on that sort of step down from Bayern Munich\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Check out the latest edition of Simon Phillips\u2019 SPTC podcast here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SPTC Podcast: Leeds fan Jack Durkin joins Jai Mcintosh to preview the FA Cup Semi Final!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/td3C9ns6uiU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories about <span class=\"topic\">Liam Rosenior<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" 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