Chelsea coach Steve Holland has admitted that the blame for the sacking of manager Jose Mourinho should be shared by everyone.
Interim boss Guus Hiddink will get to work with his temporary new side this week, but it was Holland who took the reigns for the game against Sunderland at Stamford Bridge, which ended in a 3-1 victory thanks to goals from Branislav Ivanovic, Pedro and Oscar.
Hiddink will be hoping that he can revive the Blues’ season following such a dismal first half of this Premier League season where Chelsea would have been looking to retain their Premier League champions status.
It was clear to see that Chelsea fans around Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon didn’t agree with the sacking of Mourinho, with many slamming the trio of Diego Costa, Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas who also got branded as ‘rats.’
Former Netherlands boss Hiddink now has the task of picking up this deflated Chelsea side, but coach Holland has challenged the squad to come up with their own solutions. Speaking after the game, Holland said:
I’m not one for attaching myself to success but detaching myself from failure, or from disappointment. That’s the way everyone has to look at it, you can’t have it both ways – so I think collective responsibility is the key phrase here.
Once the second goal went in you could see the effect that had on them, and there were some signs of confidence coming back. So it was a very important win.
Mourinho’s second stint as Chelsea boss crashed to a stop last week following the 2-1 loss at Leicester City, who are managed by former Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri. Following nine defeats in 16 Premier League games, Roman Abramovich and the Chelsea board came to the decision that it was time for the club and their most successful manager to go their own ways, for the second and final time.
