Defeat by Villa condemns Chelsea to worst start since 1978
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
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4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2023
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Is the season over yet?
Matt Davies-Adams is accompanied by two of The Athletic's finest - Luke Bosher and Simon Johnson - to round up the inevitable 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.
We analyse the performance, Malo Gusto's red card - and Nicholas Jackson's inability to avoid yellows.
There's no time to feel sorry for themselves because old friends Brighton are in town on Wednesday night in the League Cup. We pick XI's for the game and wonder whether there's any hope of progress to the fourth round?!
We'll be back on Thursday to pick up the pieces from that match - and mercifully look ahead to the start of the new WSL season - and a Chelsea side who know a thing or two about winning...
Produced by Lucy Oliva.
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| 1:49.6 | It's straight out of Cobham, a show about Chelsea FC from The Athletic. |
| 1:57.0 | Coming up, another blue weekend as villains prosper at the bridge. |
| 2:00.7 | As Chelsea make their worst start to a season since 1978, we'll try and work out what's going wrong. |
| 2:06.4 | We'll answer your question slash please and look ahead to, oh God, Brighton. |
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