Chelsea fans GIVE UP after shocking Brighton defeat

Cameron Smith

15 Feb 2025 00:30 CST
4 min read

Chelsea fans have seemingly lost all hope following their side’s 3-0 Premier League defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Friday night.

The Blues boasted 70% possession at the AMEX Stadium, but they failed to register a single shot on target during the entire match in one of the worst performances of the Enzo Maresca era.

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A stunning Kaoru Mitoma strike opened the scoring for Fabian Hurzeler’s side before Yankuba Minteh netted a brace as Brighton earned their first home league win since 9 November.

While Brighton were ruthless in attack, Chelsea lacked any ideas going forward and they were arguably lucky to escape with only a three-goal deficit.

The result means Maresca’s men have only picked up three wins in their last 11 matches across all competitions and Champions League qualification is now in serious doubt, despite their immense start to the campaign.

Maresca has been heavily linked with the sack following a second defeat to Brighton in less than a week, although fans have also urged Clearlake Capital and the club’s sporting directors to leave Stamford Bridge.

What have Chelsea fans said?

Clearlake Capital
Paul Winstanley
Laurence Stewart
Enzo Maresca

LEAVE.
— CFCDaily (@CFCDaily) February 14, 2025

Sack Enzo Maresca to save our season now.

Then sack the sporting directors at the end of this season. This is abysmal. Most of these players don’t care, zero fight for the shirt.

CFC making Brighton look like a UCL team.
— Paul Chelsea (@CFCBlueTomorrow) February 14, 2025

Enzo Maresca has got to go, boring, lethargic and repetitive football is not the Chelsea way.
— At The Bridge Pod ⭐️⭐️ (@AtTheBridgePod) February 14, 2025

When a manager says so many negative things in press conferences the players start to believe him. Players have no confidence and there is no point in possession if you can’t create chances. The owners and the sporting directors have destroyed my club.
— Frank Khalid OBE (@FrankKhalidUK) February 14, 2025

This performance has been utterly shameful from Enzo Maresca and every Chelsea player.

Cannot defend this game.
— Tom Overend (@tovers98) February 14, 2025

Owners are the biggest issue then the sporting directors then Maresca. But just because there are bigger issue doesn't mean Maresca escapes criticism.

This guy decided to prioritise his system instead of being a proper manager and getting the best out of his players. Name one…
— CFCAden (@CFCAden) February 14, 2025