‘You can’t do arsenal newsthat!’ – Merson blasts Chelsea star for what he did in Sunderland defeat
Joe Williams Paul Merson during his role as a pundit.
Arsenal legend Paul Merson was “impressed” by Sunderland as they beat Chelsea on Saturday, while he urged the Blues to bring in some experience.
Chelseawent ahead after only four minutes on Saturday with Alejandro opening the scoring but Wilson Isidor soon cancelled out that effort on 22 minutes.
With the game seemingly heading for a draw,?Chemsdine Talbi popped up in the third minute of second-half injury time to give Sunderland all three points.
The result saw Chelsea drop down to eighth in the table ahead of Sunday’s fixtures and Merson was disappointed by what Marc Guiu offered up front for the Blues.
Merson told Sky Sports: “Well impressed with Sunderland today, I wasn’t with?Chelsea.
“I thought they’d struggle. They need Delap back badly, they need a focal point.
MAILBOX:?Liverpool in ‘transition season’ as VVD ‘declines into Lovren’; Man Utd ‘hope cannot be allowed to fester’
“Guiu played up front and I think he touched the ball nine, ten times. You can’t do that in a team that are supposed to be dominating the ball.
“Chelsea ran out of ideas. They had winger after winger but half of them don’t go past anyone.?Joao Pedro?looked lost as a number ten. They struggled and were pretty poor.”
Merson added: “The team is too young. The oldest player there is 23, 24?
“When you get a young team, you’re up and down, they have wingers who are very inconsistent. [Pedro] Neto on his day will be outstanding, the next minute…
“There’s no 7/10s all the way through, it’s either eight, nine or fives. They can’t win the?Premier League?like that.
“They need a little bit of experience in there. They miss?Thiago Silva?with his experience and that’s their problem.
“They’re just going to be up and down, up and down. Hopefully they can get top four, but they’ve got to be better than that.”
MORE CHELSEA COVERAGE ON F365… ???Sunderland expose uninspiring Chelsea – and Premier League coasters like Fulham ???Tottenham and Chelsea in top five Premier League clubs who ‘deserve’ fewer points ???Chelsea told to sign ‘perfect’ former Liverpool star in ‘dream’ January transfer for three reasons
When asked about Joao Pedro’s performance, Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca said: “I think Joao is not training every day because he’s managing a little bit himself from the injury problem.
“Moi [Caicedo] is exactly the same, Enzo [Fernandez] is exactly the same. We have four or five players that unfortunately, because of some problems, they cannot work every day and they try to make the effort to play the game.
“So Joao in some games has been better, today he struggled a little bit. But today I think overall all the players struggled today, so it’s not just about Joao.”
When asked about his side’s display in general, Maresca continued: “I think in general we were not good enough. When you are not good enough in the Premier League, we know that the consequence can be the bad one.
“The second goal we conceded, I said already many times, when you are not able to win, it’s important that you don’t lose.
“But even with that, it’s not a transition because a transition when you are open or it’s 1v1, it’s just one long ball in behind. We are 2v1 with the two central defenders and we didn’t defend properly.
“The first goal came from a throw. Again, it’s difficult to deal because they bring six, seven, eight players inside the box, so it’s difficult. But overall, I think we were not good enough.”
Chelsea Joao Pedro
Related Articles
Lewis Oldham
Scholes backs one Arsenal star to ‘save their season’ as Merson makes CL prediction – ‘I dread to think’
Paul Scholes has named one Arsenal star who could “save their season”, while Paul Merson has made a bleak Champions League prediction.
Arsenal Max Dowman Ciaran McCarthy
Paul Merson tells Arsenal exactly when they can ‘start believing’ in the quadruple
Paul Merson has detailed exactly when he believes Arsenal can “start believing” in the quadruple, as he feels the Premier League is “done” already.
Arsenal Paul Merson Lewis Oldham
Arsenal: Paul Merson claims Quadruple ‘very much on’ as he makes Carabao Cup final prediction
Arsenal legend Paul Merson has made a prediction for the Carabao Cup final and issued a verdict on his former side doing the quadruple.
Arsenal Paul Merson Joe Williams
Merson reveals only reason Tudor hasn’t been sacked by Tottenham after Ornstein update
Paul Merson says Tottenham would have already sacked Igor Tudor if Spurs didn’t have to face Liverpool at Anfield in their next match.
Tottenham Hotspur David Ornstein Lewis Oldham
Arsenal or Man City? Paul Merson makes fresh Premier League title prediction – ‘race is done!’
Arsenal legend Paul Merson has made a significant Premier League title prediction ahead of this weekend’s matches.
Arsenal Paul Merson James Holland
Arsenal backed to sign ‘world-class’ Chelsea ace in extraordinary deal
An elite Blues star has been tipped to join rivals Arsenal in a hugely controversial move, with one of his former team-mates weighing in
Arsenal Joao Pedro
Latest Football News
Tottenham player-manager one of seven interim ‘options’ to replace Igor Tudor
Ben Davies Harry Redknapp
Tottenham next manager timeframe revealed after Tudor exit as ‘Spurs man’ backed
Igor Tudor
Tottenham confirm Igor Tudor exit and tease ‘new Head Coach’
Igor Tudor Roberto De Zerbi
‘Not Harvard English’ – Toni Kroos confused by Geordie accent as brother Felix hails Newcastle ‘summer’
Toni Kroos
Hungary manager hits out at Arne Slot ‘nonsense’ after telling Liverpool boss ‘not to interfere’
Arne Slot Mailbox
Man Utd ‘in purgatory’ under Carrick as Klopp ‘logic’ dispels top replacement doubts
Michael Carrick
Carrick in or out? Man Utd would be stupid to rush manager decision
Michael Carrick Popular
Rashford, Foden, Gordon to Liverpool proposed as Salah debate rages on
Mohamed Salah Popular
Mo Salah is no Luis Suarez; the Liverpool fan verdict is in
Mohamed Salah Popular Premier League Table Full Table
#
TEAM
P
W
D
L
GD
PTS
View More
Mediawatch
Arsenal star ‘called out’ as Spurs handed ‘huge boost’ and World Cup ‘nightmare’ emerges
Viktor Gyokeres
Arsenal face summer ‘transfer conundrum’ as Mo Salah ‘dream club’ revealed
Mohamed Salah Popular
Salah exit prompts ‘genuine concern’ about Premier League as two Liverpool mysteries solved
Mo Salah Popular
Arsenal season starting to unravel as ‘injury crisis’ hits at ‘worst possible time’
Copyright Notice: The content of this article is contributed by Internet users. The views only represent the author. This site only provides information storage services and does not own ownership or bear relevant legal responsibilities. If you find any suspected infringement or illegal content, please contact us. We will delete it immediately after verification.