There were echoes of Chelsea’s disastrous defence of their 2014-15 title as the Blues were shocked by Burnley at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea had it all to do, with several players out with injury. And Burnley took full advantage of it, upsetting the defending Champions in their own backyard. A brace from Sam Vokes saw the Clarets run away to a 3-0 lead before Chelsea pulled back two goals, despite going down to 8 outfield players only.
Chelsea fans were in shambles with the erratic defending on display by their side, with Gary Cahill and Thibaut Courtois blamed for two of three goals.
Don’t blame the ref.
Blame Cahill.
Blame Roman.
Blame Marina.— #CarefreeDaily ? (@CarefreeDaily) August 12, 2017
4 red cards in the last 3 official games for Chelsea:
Moses
Pedro
Cahill
Fabregas.— Conteholic (@Conteholic) August 12, 2017
No apology to the fans from Cahill. JT would’ve done straight after the game #NotMyCaptain
— Jamesss (@Jamesopher_) August 12, 2017
Gary Cahill 1st Premier League match as official captain of #CFC
in 13 mins got red card #CHEBUR pic.twitter.com/EqX0fPNlJf— Freaky ~ DRaval (@_DRaval) August 12, 2017
Jeremie Boga makes his PL debut for Chelsea. Subbed off after 18 minutes after Gary Cahill gets sent off. Nice one, Gaz.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) August 12, 2017
Terry: Captain, Leader, Legend
Cahill: Captain, Studs Up, Suspended pic.twitter.com/W1XFYOzN8R
— betclever (@bet_clever) August 12, 2017
That what you get for making Cahill captain @ChelseaFC! Never let him start another game for the club!
— ÜĎ (@UltimateDribble) August 12, 2017
Courtois for that goal pic.twitter.com/NTxa5DRTGo
— O O (@otoiks) August 12, 2017
Obviously need three signings but can’t blame this on anyone but players. Shambolic from Courtois for first goal & CBs for third.
— M (@mehul88) August 12, 2017
Fingers were also pointed towards the refereeing on display at Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea seeing two of their players sent off.
“You don’t know what you’re doing” the Chelsea fans keep chanting, as the referee continues to make good decisions.
— Paddy Power (@paddypower) August 12, 2017
Vokes fouls Fabregas and then kicks the ball away. No card. This referee, like 90% of his colleagues in England, is absolutely terrible.
— Chelsea HQ ? (@Chelsea_HQ) August 12, 2017
the referee carding chelsea players like pic.twitter.com/CoZRgdKxxU
— suyasha. (@suyasha_) August 12, 2017
In 18 years of following Chelsea the worst referee performance I’ve ever seen in the premier league
— Carefree Scott (@CarefreeScott) August 12, 2017
#CHEBUR
My man of the match was the Referee.— Bobby Yadav (@ChelseaBobbyy) August 12, 2017
im guessing this referee isnt a chelsea fan… ???
— x (@aleyughhh) August 12, 2017