Chelsea fans blast captain Cesar Azpilicueta for his performance in the embarrassing United defeat
The Frank Lampard era began with an embarrassing defeat at the hands of Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men downed the Blues 4-0.
Marcus Rashford netted a brace which was kickstarted by a penalty before Anthony Martial and summer signing Daniel James made it four to forget.
A number of Chelsea fans took to Twitter to share their thoughts with captain Cesar Azpilicueta receiving the brunt of the criticism following his post-match comments.
One supporter asked the club to take the captaincy from him whilst others claimed the 29-year-old needed to ‘retire or be benched’ following a shocking performance.
Another member of the Stamford Bridge faithful labelled him an ‘absolutely shocking player’ and one fan believes during matches his leadership is non-existent and his performances are lacking.
Azpilicueta has been at the club since 2012 after joining from Marseille for £7m and has gone on to make 338 appearances in the blue colours of West London.
Here’s the best of the reaction:
Take the captaincy from him. Since he started captaining the the team how many apologies has he rendered?
Besides he's past it and James should be given a chance.
You can't be playing these so called experienced players and still be trashed. ??????— Carsley (@Carsley_1) August 12, 2019
Get out.
— Ronnie (@WillianStinks) August 12, 2019
Azpi is finished
— ????????????????? (@SW3CareFree) August 12, 2019
Get him benched.
— ????? ?? (@dannydoes) August 12, 2019
As usual Azpi is saying the right things after the match and acting like a leader. But during matches his leadership is non-existent and performances are lacking.
— Dan Panda (@cozierpanda) August 12, 2019
Captain btw. Absolutely shocking player
— N’Golo (@KanteCFC_) August 12, 2019
He says this pretty much every time we lose. His performances never really improve. Honestly can’t wait for Reece to return!????
— chels_fan_fc (@chels_fan_fc) August 12, 2019
You need to retire or be benched. Reece James needs to replace you and Rudiger should be our captain
— Christian Pulisic’s Lover (@therealdollypee) August 12, 2019