Rosenior points to two things his team improved in their two legs against Arsenal | OneFootball

Liam Rosenior has had a good start at Chelsea in terms of results – he’s lost twice, narrowly, to Arsenal, and won every other game.

He’s also convinced that you see differences between that first leg of that game a few weeks ago and last night’s. This is really his first claim to be having a serious influence on the team,

Rosenior points to first leg flu and overall improvements

Liam Rosenior with his players at full time. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

“The first leg, we had a flu virus. It’s not an excuse, it’s the reality. We had a flu virus and had to change the team on the day of that game,” Rosenior pointed out when asked if he was frustrated by how the first leg had made it difficult for his team in the second.

“I would only have been in the club for four days [then]. For me, the frustration is not going through. If you even see the organisation levels from that game to now, in terms of controlling a game, in terms of being on the front foot, I think there’s a clear difference. I’m very, very pleased in the direction of our performances if the result wasn’t where we wanted it to be tonight.”

Tonight there really wasn’t much of being on the front foot. There was some controlling of the game. It was indeed that first leg that cost us, but a swaggering showing at the weekend will get some wind back in our sails.

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The manager was also asked about the status of some of his players. Reece James and Pedro Neto were left out, and the story Rosenior gave contradicted those briefings given to the media earlier about the pair.

Rosenior also spoke to the TV cameras at full time. With BeinSport, he tried to find the positives of a game which was ultimately a very disappointing one for Chelsea and their fans.