Ex-Liverpool star hailed Liam Rosenior before brutal Chelsea firing after just three months

Chelsea has fired Liam Rosenior after just three months and 23 games in charge, with the Blues sitting seven points behing Liverpool and looking set to miss out on the Champions League

Liam Rosenior has been fired by Chelsea after just three months in charge(Image: Getty Images)

The writing was on the wall for Liam Rosenior as his Chelsea side lost yet more ground on Liverpool in the search for Champions League qualification.

Tuesday’s 3-0 defeat at Brighton proved to be the last straw for those in charge at Stamford Bridge, with Rosenior fired on Wednesday after just three months in charge. He oversaw 23 games during his spell, and won just 11 of them.

Crucially, Chelsea lost all five of his final Premier League games in charge. That run has seen it fall seven points behind Liverpool, and with just four games remaining, its chances of beating the Reds to a top-five finish look all but over.

Rosenior’s appointment always seemed a strange one. Although he had been doing a fine job at Strasbourg, he had only been in the job for a year-and-a-half, with his only other spells in management coming at Hull City and an interim spell at Derby County.

He did arrive at Stamford Bridge with some positive reviews though, with one former Liverpool player in particular having been glowing in his praise.

Tyler Morton, who left the Reds last summer to join Lyon, spent the 2023/24 campaign on loan at Hull, where he played under Rosenior, and was hugely impressed by the way in which he managed the club.

Tyler Morton played under Liam Rosenior at Hull City(Image: Getty Images)

"For me it was the style of play," Morton said about his move to Hull (as per Hull Live).

"I could see myself fitting into this team and the way they play with their energy and enthusiasm to play out from the back. It's the perfect way I want to play football and it's the perfect way for me to develop.

"He's (Rosenior) been brilliant with me and my family. It was Hull from the start, that's where I wanted to come and that's where I got to in the end because the quality of the players and staff are top-notch."

Under Rosenior, Hull came agonizingly close to a return to the Premier League, only to miss out on a place in the Championship play-offs after finishing seventh. Rather cruelly, he was fired as a result of that near miss, and was subsequently appointed by Strasbourg that same summer, where he came under the umbrella of the BlueCo ownership, which would ultimately lead him to Chelsea.

Although his dismissal from Stamford Bridge is brutal, it won’t come as a surprise to many, with the Blues’ form having taken a nosedive as Liverpool has leapfrogged them, and now looks on course to qualify for the Champions League.

Calum McFarlane takes over for his second spell as interim manager until the end of the season, and he has just four games to salvage Chelsea’s European hopes, with even Europa League or Conference League qualification looking in real danger now.