Four key reasons Liam Rosenior's Chelsea position became untenable

The decision to sack Liam Rosenior after less than four months in charge is not one Chelsea took lightly. But after the humiliating defeat by Brighton & Hove Albion, it is one that felt inevitable.This was a man closely aligned to the club’s hierarchy and hired on a deal running to 2032. Sacking him is an embarrassment for all concerned, but 106 days after his appointment, Chelsea’s executives felt a change was needed to give the club the best possible chance of achieving their remaining aims for the season.So how did everything unravel so quickly? Follow live reaction to and analysis of Rosenior’s exit from Chelsea A lack of ideas to stop the downward spiralChelsea’s toothlessness in attack and fragility at the back is unprecedented in more than a century. They have lost five successive league games without scoring a goal for the first time since 1912.Advertisement