{"id":5066,"date":"2026-05-06T21:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5066"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:35:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:35:47","slug":"the-nightmare-scenario-for-chelsea-against-liverpool-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=5066","title":{"rendered":"The nightmare scenario for Chelsea against Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Rio Ngumoha coming on and doing well would add insult to injury in the inevitable Liverpool win this weekend.<\/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>Jai McIntosh and Lloyd Canfield were on Simon Phillips\u2019 podcast this week talking about Chelsea and their game against Liverpool this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>They both agreed there was one thing they really didn\u2019t want to see \u2013 former Chelsea academy youngster Rio Ngumoha coming on and doing well for the Reds. It would be the cherry on top of the painful beating we\u2019re likely to receive even from this struggling Liverpool team.<\/p>\n<h2>Rio Ngumoha success would rub salt in the wounds of Chelsea winger failures<\/h2>\n<h2\/>\n<p>\u201cIf Rio comes on for Liverpool and scores against Chelsea, I\u2019m genuinely going to go for a walk and clear my head. Because he\u2019s better than the guys we\u2019ve got on the left,\u201d McIntosh said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have players in the academy who are better than the players we\u2019ve got in the first team. I don\u2019t see why we\u2019re not using them,\u201d Canfield agreed.<\/p>\n<p>Ngumoha left Chelsea because he thought he wouldn\u2019t get a first team chance, and we replaced him with a couple of terrible signings. If he had stuck around, he\u2019d surely be starting regularly by now.<\/p>\n<p>You can see them discuss things in the clip embedded here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-lazy tweet-img lazyload\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve got players in the academy that are better than the players we&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I consider myself to be an optimistic fan, but I&#8217;ve got nothing left anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LloydCanfield?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@LloydCanfield<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NjDYPyg3T7\">pic.twitter.com\/NjDYPyg3T7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Simon Phillips (@siphillipssport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/siphillipssport\/status\/2052019098964369443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Joao Pedro gave it pretty straight in the wake of Monday\u2019s defeat against Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea are insisting they don\u2019t need to sell Cole Palmer \u2013 but the question is becoming, might they <em>want<\/em> to sell him?<\/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: Chelsea Reporter Lloyd Canfield joins the show!\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7UP6ox8d4pk?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\">Ngumoha River<\/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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