Brighton vs. Chelsea: Liam Rosenior must avoid repeating three mistakes for Blues to win at Amex Stadium

Chelsea question to Brighton & Hove Albion connected Tuesday nighttime looking to extremity their abysmal signifier successful the Premier League.

Five defeats person been posted successful six games, the latest coming astatine location to Manchester United connected Saturday, and it has near the Blues astatine expanding hazard of dropping into the bottommost of the Premier League table by the extremity of the week.

Despite Chelsea not keeping a Premier League cleanable expanse since January and having failed to people successful their past 4 top-flight fixtures, Liam Rosenior has opted to frost retired immoderate squad members and spot excessively overmuch religion successful others.

Here, Sports Mole takes a look astatine 3 mistakes that the under-pressure Englishman keeps making, and indispensable rectify, up of the trip to the Amex Stadium.

Start Josh Acheampong

While Rosenior has stated connected much than 1 occasion that helium is an admirer of Josh Acheampong, helium has not backed that up with his squad selections.

Since contributing to 1 of Leeds United's 2 goals successful a gully connected February 10, the academy graduate's lone commencement has travel against Wrexham successful the FA Cup, a crippled successful which helium scored a precocious equaliser to support the Blues successful the competition.

In the month-and-a-half that has followed, the 19-year-old has been introduced astatine fractional clip successful the 2nd limb of the Champions League last-16 necktie versus Paris Saint-Germain - erstwhile the crippled was implicit arsenic a contention - and 3 matches arsenic as substitute from the 81st infinitesimal oregon later.

Even with Reece James and Trevoh Chalobah sidelined done injury, Rosenior has inactive not utilized Acheampong from the start, alternatively preferring the likes of Malo Gusto, Wesley Fofana and Jorrel Hato astatine right-back oregon centre-back.

With Chelsea hopeless for tallness successful their team, it is baffling that Acheampong has not been provided with an opportunity. Even with Chalobah perchance starting connected Tuesday, determination is simply a beardown statement that Acheampong should commencement astatine right-back up of Gusto.

For each of his perceived attacking attributes, Gusto has conscionable 3 goals and 4 assists from 37 Premier League and Champions League appearances during 2025-26. That is simply not capable to support him successful the relation erstwhile Chelsea signaling a uncommon cleanable expanse is an implicit priority.

Stop blind-faith successful Garnacho

Talking of constricted goals and assists from the flank, that brings america to Alejandro Garnacho, who Chelsea are allegedly ready to merchantability oregon indebtedness out during the summer.

During the archetypal week of March, Garnacho showcased wherefore Chelsea decided to instrumentality a hazard connected him arsenic helium starred successful wins astatine Aston Villa and Wrexham.

Since then, however, his lone publication has travel versus Port Vale successful the FA Cup. His slump has travel since being dropped for the archetypal limb against PSG, and you person to question the player's effect from that earthy disappointment.

With Estevao Willian sidelined for a fig of weeks and Jamie Gittens not adjacent a return, the erstwhile Manchester United subordinate is efficaciously apical of the winger pecking bid alongside Pedro Neto.

However, Chelsea are a acold weaker broadside with Garnacho successful it. He has not scored a extremity successful the Premier League oregon Champions League since November 5.

Whether Cole Palmer is moved retired wide, Gusto is tried further guardant oregon Liam Delap gets a run-out connected the flank similar helium did against Arsenal earlier successful the season, astir Chelsea fans would similar that attack implicit utilizing Garnacho erstwhile his productivity successful the last 3rd is truthful poor.

Game clip for Marc Guiu

Talking of Rosenior having blind-faith successful players, we determination connected to Delap, who has not scored a extremity with Rosenior successful charge.

Nevertheless, the 23-year-old has inactive been fixed 20 outings - TWENTY - and his lone affirmative quality was his 3 assists successful the 4-0 FA Cup romp astatine Championship broadside Hull City.

By comparison, Marc Guiu has been provided with conscionable 2 appearances since helium provided a extremity and an assistance successful Rosenior's archetypal crippled successful complaint against Charlton Athletic.

On 16 occasions, Guiu has remained arsenic an unused substitute. When you see the extremities of their 2 records with Rosenior astatine the helm, the contented has not been questioned enough.

Physically-speaking, determination are similarities successful their stature, but Guiu is acold much effectual astatine pressing absorption defences than Delap and has not been fixed capable opportunities to amusement that.

Rosenior worked with Delap erstwhile they were astatine Hull earlier successful their respective careers, yet that familiarity should number for thing erstwhile some are making the measurement up to a nine similar Chelsea that some would not person foreseen.

If Joao Pedro returns from wounded against Brighton, determination is each accidental that Rosenior leaves Guiu retired of the squad. Instead, helium should beryllium trying to springiness a antithetic look to a squad that person failed to people a Premier League extremity successful implicit 400 minutes erstwhile you instrumentality added-on clip into consideration.