João Pedro calls on Chelsea teammates to start taking responsibility

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 04: João Pedro of Chelsea during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge on May 04, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Robin Jones/Getty Images) | Getty Images It was João Pedro’s turn to apologize to the fans after yet another horrendous result, our sixth league defeat in a row. At least we did finally score a goal, thanks to JP’s spectacular bicycle kick in stoppage time to provide (scant) consolation in our 3-1 defeat.

The wait was almost worth it for our first Premier League goal in nearly ten hours. Almost. Interim head coach Calum McFarlane spoke after the game of his disappointment in our inability to manage the first 15 minutes, conceding on a play that we had specifically talked about in preparation for the match, and then — as we’ve seen so many times this season — failing to respond to a setback.

Barely ten minutes later we were two behind, and given our rotten luck in other phases, a comeback was never really on the cards. “Really disappointed with the performance, disappointed with the result. Irrelevant of that, I don’t think we ever got to our level today that we know we’re capable of [especially in] the first 15 minutes, we were nowhere near the level we needed to be.

“I thought the early goal was a bit of a sucker punch and we didn’t seem to really recover from that moment. It was a 3-v-1 at the back post. We know that they like to cross to the back post.