Chelsea boss Rosenior warns players over discipline

Chelsea boss Rosenior warns players over discipline

Liam Rosenior on Monday demanded an enchancment in discipline from his Chelsea players after Pedro Neto turned their ninth participant to be despatched off this season, threatening to drop players who don’t present larger management.

Sunday’s 2-1 loss to Premier League leaders Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium means Chelsea have received just two of their past six matches in all competitions.

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They are sixth in the Premier League desk ahead of Wednesday’s match at fourth-placed Aston Villa, three factors behind Liverpool in the battle for Champions League soccer next season.

Ill-discipline has been pricey for Chelsea this season, with Neto the seventh Stamford Bridge participant to be shown a pink card in the Premier League.

Chelsea boss Rosenior, who changed Enzo Maresca in the sizzling seat in January, said Neto had apologised to his teammates after he was dismissed in the seventieth minute.

“My job is to create a culture of accountability, where if you make a mistake, it’s OK, you hold your hands up and you make sure it doesn’t happen again,” said the English supervisor.

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“But you have to hold your hands up to the original mistake. If I make the wrong team selection, or I get something wrong, my job is to be accountable, and it’s the same for my players in that moment.”

Rosenior said Portugal winger Pedro, who will miss this week’s match at Villa Park, had apologised to his teammates.

“I just need to see an improvement in the behaviour now,” he said.

“And it’s not just Pedro. We’ve had bookings. People speak about dissent. We’ve had needless bookings in terms of fouls. If we are to improve and get to where we want to be, we have to make a conscious step now to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

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The Chelsea boss said there have been different approaches to tackling the issue.

“Sometimes it’s not a stick, it’s showing what the value of not having a red card is,” he said. “If you look at our stats, when we have 11 men on the pitch, before my job here and after my job here, our percentage chance of winning goes through the roof.

“So that must be motivation in itself, to ensure we keep disciplined in key moments, reacting to setbacks. Sometimes a setback is giving the ball away, sometimes a setback is a referee making a call you disagree with.

“In that moment you have to react positively and you have to think of the next thing. Those are the things we have to go after in order for our discipline to improve.”

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Rosenior added: “You pick players who are showing that improvement. I can’t afford to go through a season every two games or every three games with a red card, it’s just not possible.

“So I must see enchancment in that and I want to regulate my team choice based on who’s displaying those capabilities.”

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