Interim head coach Calum McFarlane has hit back at suggestions that Chelsea\u2019s squad have \u201cdowned tools\u201d for the season following a turbulent few weeks at Stamford Bridge.<\/strong><\/p>\n Chelsea are 10th in the table and saw any hope of a top-five finish extinguished after a disappointing defeat by Nottingham Forest<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 the Blues\u2019 sixth consecutive league loss.<\/p>\n But McFarlane said: \u201cI don\u2019t agree with the narrative that players aren\u2019t performing or have given up.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to win every single game from now until the end of the season. It\u2019s not just extra motivation for the fans\u2014we want to do it for ourselves and for the club.\u201d<\/p>\n Chelsea are expected to be without Pedro Neto and Alejandro Garnacho<\/strong> <\/span>for Saturday\u2019s game at Liverpool.<\/p>\n It means their attacking options will be limited, but McFarlane said the squad are looking to show their worth.<\/p>\n \u201cThe players are young, hungry, and have shown they can play at the top level against the best sides,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n \u201cThis team has massive potential and we are determined to show that at Anfield.\u201d<\/p>\n Get the latest direct to your phone \u2013 follow West London Sport\u2019s WhatsApp channel<\/strong><\/p>\n Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Interim head coach Calum McFarlane has hit back at suggestions that Chelsea\u2019s squad have \u201cdowned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"WhatsApp\"\/](\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/6\/6b\/WhatsApp.svg\")
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