Trevoh Chalobah insists Chelsea were ‘running their socks off’ in Brighton debacle despite damning statistic
The Blues were thrashed 3-0 for a fifth straight defeat without scoring as the Seagulls leapfrogged them in the Premier League table to pose existential questions
Trevoh Chalobah was adamant that Chelsea were “running their socks off” during pitiful defeat to Brighton despite a damning statistic suggesting otherwise. The Blues were hammered 3-0 at the Amex Stadium , as goals from Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood and substitute Danny Welbeck saw Brighton leapfrog them into sixth in the Premier League table and severely dent their Champions League qualification hopes. For the 34th times in 34 games this season, Chelsea were outrun by their opponents (no other side has been outrun more than 29 times) and they remain marooned at the bottom of the distance run per game table, with an average of 106.
1km, more than two kilometres less than Nottingham Forest, who are 19th in that statistic. Trevoh Chalobah has defended the amount of running his Chelsea teammates do (Reuters) But defender Chalobah dismissed any suggestion this was a problem , insisting that the team are running more than enough. “I think the boys were running their socks off,” he said after the defeat.
“If you look in the dressing room, everyone is tired. It’s nothing to do with effort. We gave it our all.
We got beat today. “We ran today. The stats are stats.