Ruud Gullit blasts Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk and warns Cole Palmer over ‘honeymoon period’
Chelsea suffered their second defeat in the space of a month at Wembley (Picture: Getty)
Ruud Gullit has blasted Chelsea’s ‘horrible’ performance in their FA Cup semi-final defeat to Manchester City and taken aim at Mykhailo Mudryk for wasting an opportunity to equalise in stoppage time.
Chelsea will feel they let a huge opportunity to slip through their fingers at Wembley, with Nicolas Jackson guilty of spurning a host of chances to break the deadlock before Bernardo Silva’s 84th-minute strike proved decisive for the holders.
The Blues’ painful loss came less than two months after the club’s previous disappointment at the stadium, when Virgil van Dijk’s header deep into extra-time steered Liverpool to Carabao Cup glory.
The result ended Chelsea’s hopes of lifting any silverware this season given Mauricio Pochettino’s men find themselves languishing down in ninth place in the Premier League, 27 points off leaders Arsenal ahead of the sides’ meeting at the Emirates this evening.
Despite Chelsea spending in excess of £1billion on new signings since Todd Boehly’s takeover in 2022, Gullit believes there is still a dearth of ‘quality’ within Pochettino’s squad in west London.
‘There really is a lack of quality,’ the legendary former Chelsea and Netherlands midfielder told The Sun.
‘You see that in the important moments, when the pressure is on. Then they can?t pass the...
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