Chelsea were beaten comfortably by Brentford tonight, and it was especially frustrating that a set piece opened the game.
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Captain Levi Colwill fronted up to speak to the Sky Sports cameras after Chelsea’s 3-0 defeat to Brentford.
A big focus in the game was on set pieces. They are a big Brentford strength and a big Chelsea weakness, and sure enough the deadlock was broken by a corner which the Blues did terribly in defending.
Colwill admits Chelsea are too easily bullied at set pieces
“We obviously have not been good enough, at times we have been bullied in the box and we need to improve at that, but we trust in out set-piece coach, we are still adjusting to new things, but we definitely do need to improve as a team,” the defender said glumly.
“We can’t rely on our front three to get us out of danger, the rest of us need to try and help as much as possible. We’ve got a lot of room to improve.”
You can see Colwill speaking in the clip embedded here:
"At times we've been bullied in the box"
Levi Colwill reacts to Chelsea conceding from set-pieces this season ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/tRGxFJa5Mu
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In other news…
Alonso was not happy with his team’s defending either, but pointed to three other areas where his side had suffered against Brentford.
Chelsea so far this season have been good in attack and less good in midfield and defence. Today they were bad in all three.
