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Steven Gerrard launches ferocious Chelsea criticism - 'you'd never trust them again'

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For me, what he's done at Chelsea has no bearing on his ability as a manager. Because it seems like he was in there and constantly fighting against it, trying to get a tune out of the players."That was in reference to a quote from Behdad Eghbali before Rosenior's dismissal, which read: "We've had a tough past five, six matches, but I think we're behind Liam.



Anything they say moving forward now, from a Chelsea point of view, ex-players, blah blah blah - you go, 'are you gonna believe that?' They're saying stuff like that and sacking the manager six days later."I think a lot of players are hiding behind the owners and the manager losing his job. He continued: "You know, let's not put too much emphasis on owners and managers losing their job - Chelsea have got so many good players.

But where's the identity, where's the fight, where's the spirit?"When I played against these guys, and this is no word of a lie, they had top world class talent. He'll [Cole] tell you, he probably won't say it because he's humble, but the Chelsea team that I played against and the majority of the one I've watched over the last 10 years, there's an identity, there's a fight, there's a spirit, there's a style.