Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior hailed his team’s ‘special’ spirit after a dramatic 3-2 comeback win over West Ham, marking his third straight Premier League victory.
LIAM Rosenior said Chelsea’s dramatic fightback from two goals down to beat West Ham 3-2 showed his side have something “special”.
His team trailed to first-half goals from Jarrod Bowen and Crysencio Summerville at Stamford Bridge.
Chelsea ignored the half-time jeers from their angry fans to stage a brilliant revival after the break.
Joao Pedro reduced the deficit before Marc Cucurella headed the equaliser.
For the first time in the Premier League era, Chelsea came from two down at half-time to win thanks to their captain as Enzo Fernandez netted in stoppage-time.
“My biggest learning is there’s a spirit, a fight and a resilience in this group that I really, really like,” Rosenior said.
“We don’t have many training sessions, but we spoke about reacting positively to setbacks. All of that was there in the second half, which wasn’t there in the first half.”
He added that the reaction tells him the squad has something “really, really special” if he can utilise it correctly.
Rosenior’s decision to make three half-time substitutions proved decisive as Chelsea stormed back.
“I thought individually, collectively, our first-half performance was nowhere near the level that it needed to be and should be,” he said.
“The individuals came off and then people will look at them. That wasn’t on them. It was a collective. There was a collective poor performance in the first half.”
Chelsea climbed to fourth in the Premier League as Rosenior became only the fourth English manager to win his first three Premier League games.
He has overseen six wins from seven games in all competitions since arriving from Strasbourg.
The highlight of his impressive start came when the Blues fought back to beat Napoli 3-2 in Italy, securing a Champions League last 16 place.
This comeback was arguably even more eye-catching given how Rosenior turned the tide after a wretched first half.
