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Former Blues striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink has heaped praise on Liam Rosenior and labelled his start at Chelsea as “brilliant.”
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Rosenior replaced Enzo Maresca at the start of the year, and signed a six and a half year deal at Stamford Bridge.
The 41-year-old remains unbeaten in the league with four wins and two draws from his six games, with his only defeats coming in both legs of the Carabao Cup semi final against Arsenal.
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink praises Liam Rosenior
Chelsea are embroiled in a fierce battle for Champions League football, with the Blues currently sixth and three points behind Liverpool, although they’ve played a game less than their rivals.
Rosenior knows he’s under pressure to qualify for the Champions League, and the Blues face some tough fixtures between now and the end of the season.
Rosenior has made a good start to his tenure at Chelsea. (Photo by Ben Stansall/AFP)
However, despite poor results against Leeds and Burnley, Chelsea certainly seem to be more pleasing on the eye under Rosenior, and Hasselbaink was full of praise for the Englishman.
“He’s done brilliant up to now,” he told Discovery+
“He gives you a proper answer and he knows that at Chelsea that the shirt is heavy and you need to win games.
“He’s not afraid of changing things and he believes in what he has to do.”
Hasselbaink has also previously stated he believes Rosenior is getting the backing of the ownership, something previous boss Maresca felt he didn’t have.
Chelsea face tough March fixture list
Having come through a more favourable fixture list the Blues now face a really tough run of games in March across three competitions.
After Sunday’s game with Arsenal, Chelsea travel to Aston Villa before an FA Cup tie away at Wrexham, with further league games against Newcastle and Everton.
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Not to mention they have the small task of a Champions League last 16 tie with PSG either side of the Newcastle game.
This run will test the squad to it’s limits, and we will find out a lot about the both the players and Rosenior from the results picked up.
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