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Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior sacked after fifth straight Premier League loss

  • On Wednesday, Chelsea parted company with Head Coach Liam Rosenior following a 3-0 defeat to Brighton on Tuesday. The dismissal came after five consecutive Premier League defeats without scoring.
  • The dismissal follows Chelsea's worst league run in 114 years, with five consecutive matches goalless. Rosenior called the Brighton performance "indefensible" after the match, a stark assessment that strained his standing with club hierarchy.
  • Chelsea lost seven of their last eight games across all competitions, including an 8-2 aggregate defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League. The team sits seventh in the Premier League, seven points adrift of European qualification positions.
  • Calum McFarlane will serve as Interim Head Coach until season's end, starting with Sunday's FA Cup semi-final against Leeds United. Chelsea stated results fell below necessary standards despite expressing gratitude to Rosenior for his efforts.
  • The club will undertake a process of self-reflection to appoint a permanent successor in the summer. McFarlane's interim tenure aims to secure European qualification and progress in the FA Cup amid ongoing managerial instability.
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Chelsea players are reportedly furious with Liam Rosenior over the way he failed to get enough players into the game during his time at the club. Appointed in January following the departure of Enzo Maresca, Rosenior was sacked by the Blues after losing five consecutive Premier League games without scoring a goal. A 3-0 defeat to Brighton on Tuesday, in which Chelsea failed to score a single shot on target, leaves the west London side in seventh…

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Official Announcement: 0 Goals, Loss, Loss, Loss, Loss—Humiliation for the First Time in 114 Years → Finally Leaving Chelsea After 107 Days... Rosenier's Sack Officially Confirmed; Many Important Schedules Still to Come. OSEN = Reporter Ko Seong-hwan. Manager Liam Rosenier, 42, is leaving Chelsea after 107 days. Chelsea announced on their club website on the 23rd (KST) that "today

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Chelsea sack Rosenior after worst run since 1912

Liam Rosenior was sacked as Chelsea manager after less than four months in charge on Wednesday following a run of five successive Premier League defeats.

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Sports Illustrated broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
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