Thiago Silva says he does not understand Chelsea's 'painful' slump in concerning interview
The veteran Brazilian international rates the players, but fears for the bad run of form
Chelsea’s slump continued last night in a 3-1 defeat to Manchester City, but concerns are growing over whether this is just a slump, or whether Frank Lampard can pull his troops out of the rut or not.
Another question is whether the Chelsea board will even allow Lampard the chance to get them out of the rut.
Reliable reports are suggesting that the Blues boss is now under pressure and his job as Head Coach is ‘under serious threat’.
It’s been a tough period, but one player who has been able to stand up high all through it still is Thiago Silva.
The Brazilian international was just as frustrated as anyone at the end of the game last night, and he painfully admitted that he doesn’t understand why Chelsea are playing so poorly recently.
“No, I don’t understand what’s wrong [at Chelsea]”, Silva admitted after the City loss.
“If I understand before, I think I could have given some advice, but that’s how it is, it’s football, it’s the Premier League, one of the toughest championships around the world.”
There was some positives from Silva, he admits that he does rate the players in the squad, but they just need to work harder.
“You have to be careful, work harder, be stronger as a team, but I think the team is good, the second half was much better than the first in my opinion.
“We tried to play a little more, we managed to play. I think we were superior in possession of the ball in the second half, sometimes it does not work as we want, as we have prepared, but, that’s how it is football.
“We must prepare for the next match when it arrives.”
Thiago pretty much sums up how we are all feeling in the final sentences of his interview…
“It was painful in the first half in football terms because their level of play shows where we need to aspire to.
“In the second half I saw a reaction but the work needs to be done.”