{"id":7245,"date":"2026-05-11T14:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7245"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:38:01","slug":"its-a-thing-chelsea-players-know-what-their-killer-weakness-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=7245","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It&#8217;s a thing&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Chelsea players know what their killer weakness is"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Chelsea got a decent result on Saturday, but the frustrating part was the team still making the same mistakes they always do.<\/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><span>It was a good thing that Chelsea came back to draw on Saturday. Up until that point, the game had followed the same pattern as other recent matches: an infuriatingly soft early goal conceded, followed by a lack of belief that the team could change things.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the game, Marc Cucurella was happy with the overall performance, but admitted that it was once again the team\u2019s big weakness which hurt them.<\/p>\n<h2>Cucurella points to Chelsea\u2019s big weakness which killed them again<\/h2>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s a thing that we need to improve. These last couple of games, we concede always early. We need to switch on, but I think after that, the reaction from the team was really good,\u201d the defender said in quotes picked up by the club\u2019s official website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s absolutely maddening to hear a player saying that it\u2019s something we need to improve on the Saturday, when we were last hearing about the need to improve it on Monday evening. And most match days of late.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that nobody seems able to do anything about this lack of concentration, despite everyone knowig it\u2019s our big problem, is really worrying.<\/p>\n<h2>In other news\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Cucurella also claimed the Blues had deserved to win \u2013 and may have done their FA Cup chances some good with their performance.<\/p>\n<p>Gary O\u2019Neil has laid into the Strasbourg players and the club\u2019s January decisions which left him with a weakened squad.<\/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\">Marc Cucurella<\/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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