Every word Liam Rosenior said on Chelsea backing, injuries, Wesley Fofana reaction and Brighton

Every word Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior just said on the Blues' trip to Brighton on Tuesday night, the latest injury news, Champions League qualification and more

Liam Rosenior has just finished his pre-match press conference ahead of Chelsea's Premier League trip to Brighton on Tuesday evening.

The Blues are looking to put their torrid run of form to an end when they go down to the Amex Stadium in little over 24 hours' time. Saturday's defeat to Manchester United at Stamford Bridge means it is now four losses on the bounce in the league for Rosenior's side.

Rosenior is desperate for his side to bounce back down on the south coast tomorrow. Here is every word he just said in his press conference.

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How are Joao Pedro, Enzo Fernandez and Estevao Willian?

Joao will be a late call. He was out on the pitch today and we'll make a decision on him tomorrow morning, so that's good, positive, because he'll be back sooner rather than later. Este, he's definitely out for tomorrow, which is a real shame and we're doing our further tests and investigation into his injury and Enzo is absolutely fine.

And as for the rest of the team, did they all come through that game okay?

Yeah, so far, so good. Obviously, it's a quick turnaround, but no other news to report.

Do you feel any more defeats this season will seriously harm your Champions League push?

We've made it very difficult for ourselves. We have to be honest and realistic with that. What we can't do is give up, we keep fighting. We have to make sure we go to Brighton with similar attributes to what I saw against Manchester United in terms of our energy and our intensity and engagement to the game, which was good, but what we didn't do is we didn't keep a clean sheet in the moment and we didn't take advantage of the chances, so we need to be more clinical and more ruthless in both boxes.

Since March, Chelsea have had 67 shots - more than any other team in the Premier League - but not scored. How much does that speak to your lack of end product recently?

Yeah, as a coach, you have to work to the data, you have to work to the process, because you believe your process works in the end. But in this moment where we are, we need to win a game of football. That's the fundamental, that's what this club demands, and in recent results, they haven't been there. So data is one thing, and metrics and all of those things, but the most important statistic is the result, and we have to go after that tomorrow evening.

How damaging it would be were you not to finish in the top five places?

I don't think you can think like that. I said in a previous press conference, we'll deal with each situation as it arises. At the moment, it's a difficult task, but we just have to focus on winning the game tomorrow, against, as you said, a very good Brighton team. We have to make sure we train very, very well, which we have done today, and we go down to Brighton, but the only focus has to be on winning this game of football.

Behdad Eghbali spoke glowingly of you last week. Have you felt similar support from the owners?

100%. They've been supportive of me in our daily conversations, sporting directors involved, they've been magnificent in their support of me and the team. We're relying on them, we know we need to win games of football in the now. That doesn't go against what we're trying to do, which is give consistent success to this club in the long term.

Will we see Levi Colwill this season?

Very hopefully, yes, you can see him before the end of the season. Levi's plan, it was a very low-level game, 60 minutes was a really, really good start for him. We want him to be involved in the next game on Saturday with the Under-21s as well, build him up, because it's been a really bad injury that he's come back from. So his rehab's gone really well, he's trained today, he makes a huge impression on the group. You can see his presence on the training pitch. I can't wait to have him back in with the group.

What is easier to fix, the lack of goals or the lack of clean sheets?

Good question. I think if you want to win games, you have to make sure you keep clean sheets. It's the hallmark of every team. We have players, outstanding players, who can score goals in key moments. It hasn't happened recently, but what's disappointed me has been the goals we've conceded. We have to give ourselves a platform in the game to give confidence to our attacking players that they can go and do what they do best. You can't win every game scoring two or three goals, and that's something that we need to address very, very quickly, is to stop the goals we've conceded.

Moises Caicedo has been wearing the captain's armband. What's he like as a leader in the dressing room?

Moi leads by example. I'm delighted that he's committed his long-term future to the club. He's somebody who leads by example in his bravery, the way he takes the ball, the way that he presses and tackles and runs and fights for the team. They're all the values that I believe get you success.

Brighton, a club you know well. Have you had a chance to watch the Spurs game back from the weekend, and what are their strengths?

I watched it live before our game, and obviously we've analysed that game and many more that they've played. Fabian [Hurzeler] is doing a fantastic job. It's a club that are built in a way that is built for consistency. They've got players who understand the system for a long time, and they're going to be a really, really difficult team to play against.

What's been the biggest challenge for you in the last four months since you arrived?

I think the biggest challenge for any manager coming in mid-season is you want to get to know your players as quickly as possible in the group. You want to know not just tactical things, technical things, what they're used to, their routines, and you want to make sure that you don't adapt things too quickly from what they're used to. That's been a big challenge in terms of the amount of games that we've played, the training sessions that we've had, and also making sure that they're understanding of what we want day in, day out, and that takes time. So that's the biggest challenge. In terms of the results, they haven't been good recently, and that's something that we really, really need to overcome.

Why haven't they been good recently?

Again, when we go through... I don't want to talk for too long. What I'm saying is we do a lot of information gathering, we do a lot of data, we analyse the games. A lot of it comes down to moments. The Manchester United game sums it up, they've had one shot on target. Well, we've had 10 men and it ends up in our net. Sometimes we have to make sure that in the key moments we stay switched on, and we haven't done that, and then what happens? The result changes the flow, the confidence of the team drops if you're losing a game against any team, and we have to make sure going into the rest of the season that we keep the back door shut and give ourselves a chance by scoring the first goal in the game.

You've used the P word, 'process' a lot in recent press conferences. Is it perhaps time to stop saying stuff about the process and instead focus on winning in the present?

We do. It's a process of how we work to win a game. That's a process. How we train, how we deliver meetings, what the tactics are, that's a process. The process is to win every game that we play. So when I use the word process, you have a short-term process and you have a long-term process. For me, the idea from day one, I've said it from coming into this club, is to win now. It's simple. It's what this club demands and we're not doing that. So all of the noise and all of the things that people are talking about is normal in this moment. The process now, for me, is to win the game tomorrow against a very good team in Brighton.

Huge week...

It's a massive week. What you're in football for is key games. We've got a huge game tomorrow night and then we go into an FA Cup semi-final against a Leeds team in form. That's why you're in football and that's what we want. But now is the time for us to deliver and that's what we have to work towards.

Are you fearful of dropping even further in the table?

It's not about where we finish or the teams below us, it's about our standards, it's about our performances. We have to arrest this run of form. We haven't won enough games in a recent moment and that has to change. You start thinking about the repercussions of that or somebody just asked me about Champions League and what that means. You're not focused on what you're doing, we have to focus on the game tomorrow. We have to focus on the way that we play and we have to make sure we win games in football.

Is it important for you because you've got the support of the hierarchy here and we've heard them speaking but the fans as well, there's only so much leeway you'll get from them so how important is it to keep the fans on site by winning some of these remaining games?

We have to win, that's what this club demands rightfully so that's what the fans expect. For me it's about winning games in football, that's what football is about. I can't speak about the long term if you're not doing a job in the short term and being really respectfully honest here, we haven't done well enough in recent games. That needs to change and that's on my shoulders as the head coach of this team.

Behdad Eghbali said about signing experienced players this summer. Is that something that has been reflected in conversations behind the scenes?

I can assure you we've had many conversations from when I joined in January about what this club needs now and in the future for us to be where we want to be and I think that that made it very clear in his conference. He wants consistent trophies and consistent success for this club. That's what all we've spoken about in the now, in the summer and how we build and we're all very, very in mind and we're very clear in what we need to do and what we want to do and what we have to do to get this club back to where it should be.

There was footage of Wesley Fofana as he came on. Were you disappointed in his reaction or have you had words with him since then?

I've got sent two videos. One of Enzo walking past me and then it was cut before he turned around and hugged me and shook my hand. I know how these things work. Wes is a very emotional character in a good way. I love him. As a guy, he's not afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve. I've spoken to him about it and he's just disappointed that we're losing the game. I don't think he could have shown that emotion in a better way and that's something that I've spoken about but the optics on that is not the reality. The reality is I've got a really good group. We're working really, really hard for me and for the staff and for the club. At the moment, the results aren't going that way and then people start reading more into it than what it actually is. Wes apologised for his reaction but these are young players who are going to make mistakes in the moment.

So, no issues in terms of selection?

No.

You spoke about 100% backing from the club. What other ways is that manifesting? You're talking about transfer talks but is there any other way of talking to you after games and reassuring you?

I don't think it's about needing reassurance. It's about being open. It's about seeing where I've made mistakes, where we've made mistakes, where we need to improve and having open, honest, challenging conversations makes the process better because if you're not honest and you don't hold your hand up to mistakes, you're never going to improve. I have made mistakes. I'm going to make more mistakes, every coach does, but with the guys here, how they support me, because we all want success for the club, we can be open and honest about that. So, the less mistakes the better, to be sure, but they've supported me in many different areas in many different ways and I feel the players understand that we're all very aligned in terms of what we want to achieve.