Cesar Azpilicueta Admits Chelsea Frustrations

 

…Thomas Tuchel sends new Romelu Lukaku message

Spanish professional footballer, Cesar Azpilicueta, has admitted Chelsea's frustration, adding that they were in a much better position five years ago.  

Chelsea should head into a week that will define their season on the back of a fairly comfortable victory over Wolves at Stamford Bridge - instead, they fell apart late in the day, to surrender a two-goal lead against the out-of-for Midlands side

Up in the posh seats, as the baseball guy waited for his £4.25 million cheque to clear, Chelsea stepped up to the plate – and stumbled again.

Prospective owner Todd Boehly looked like a man who thought he was buying a golden bat but, on closer inspection, it was a banana stalk.

And in a defining week at Stamford Bridge, when Boehly's takeover reaches the small print and Chelsea face the curveball of a trip to Leeds before the FA Cup final against Liverpool, skipper Cesar Azpilicueta admitted: “We are putting ourselves in a difficult position.”

In LA Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly's baseball jargon, the Blues' season – which started with so many impressive home runs – has been hijacked by banjo hitters.

Despite Romelu Lukaku's first Premier League goals of 2022, the late collapse against Wolves made it eight dropped points in their last four home games and they are not even guaranteed a top-three finish.

Azpilicueta, whose blooper at Everton added to the ledger of clangers, admitted: "We used to be a very solid team, defending together. We didn’t make mistakes. Sometimes we have given goals away by ourselves. It’s very disappointing, very frustrating, and we are putting ourselves in a difficult position.

“We shouldn’t be here - we were in a much better position five games ago, but we are here, and now we need to get points if we want to finish in the Champions League places.

"Everything is decided in the last couple of weeks and hopefully we can make it happen all together. We need a last push, we have to push ourselves. We have to do it even if we are all frustrated. We have to pick ourselves up together because we deserve to have a good end to the season.

"We have not been as sharp as we are normally in the past couple of games, we have so many games in our legs, we have been in so many competitions, but we are Chelsea and this is what we fight for every single season.”