Manchester, England – Chelsea Football Club don fall hand for Old Trafford as dem collect 2-1 defeat from Manchester United on Saturday. E no be small wahala for the Blues o! Trevoh Chalobah wey score one of the goals, don express im disappointment after the game, and im don talk say dem gatz start dey sharp from the beginning of each match, no be to dey wait make tori happen before dem go wake up.
As rain dey pour like say na drama wey dem dey play, Chelsea start the game with only 10 players after one early red card don land on dem. Na so dem quickly find dem sef trailing 2-0 before Casemiro for Man Utd go collect im own red card too, making am 10 vs 10. E be like say na only wahala dey for Chelsea that afternoon!
Chalobah come make am clear say, “Na really tough game,” as im dey talk to Sky Sports. “I wan tell our fans sorry, because that performance no be wetin we suppose show. Na especially for the first 20 minutes, everything just scatter. We gatz look into our ourselves and hold that responsibility on top our head.” (E no go fit talk am better, abeg!)
Im talk am say dem don dey run away from the ‘young team’ excuse. “We no fit dey call ourselves young again, we don grow. We gatz show why we suppose dey compete with the best, and why we fit play Champions League.” Na una fit believe say Chelsea wey dey show football for over 100 years, dey try recover from last season’s glory but dem still dey stumble for ground like say dem no get legs!
Chalobah come still remind everybody say na three away matches in a row dem don dey do, with one big Champions League game against Bayern Munich dey wait dem next. But make e no be excuse, as e talk am say, “We gatz pull ourselves together. Na wetin we want last season, and now we dey there, we no fit just sit down and watch am slip away.” (Na wetin dem dey call caution, my people)
Im talk say the main issue for Chelsea na the way dem dey start games. “We gatz learn to start wetin we sabi. Na start wey matter pass!” Chalobah don use dis loss as big lesson for dem, say e no go better when dem dey come from behind. “E dey hard to come back when you don dey down 2-0, so we need to learn to start strong.” (Na true talk o, who go like dey run marathon after all the fun don finish?)
Next chance for dem to show improvement na when dem travel go Lincoln City on Tuesday for Carabao Cup action. After that, dem go face Brighton for Premier League next Saturday. Make we see if dem go fit shine for that matches, no be to dey follow lagging tail like say dem no fit run!
As dem dey try to lift their game, Chelsea fans go dey hope say dem go get their act together before dem too late. One thing we sabi be say, if dem no fit pull this through, na so e go be! Football no dey carry second chances like dat o.
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