Brentford halted Chelsea’s recent good run with a 2-0 win away at Stamford Bridge on Saturday when they whittled away at the expensively-assembled Blues who were unable to turn possession into goals once again and were robbed of their 3 points by a brilliant header from defender Ethan Pinnock and a last-minute goal by Bryan Mbeumo.
The Blues’ west London derby defeat was yet another setback for Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino, whose side had recently shown promising signs of putting right a poor start to the season behind them recently with two wins out of three and a 2-2 draw against Arsenal last weekend.
“The frustration is so massive,” Pochettino told talkSPORT radio, saying a strong first-half performance gave way to a lack of calm after the break.
“We are doing our job, we are happy here,” the Argentine said. “We need to be clinical and score more goals. This is what is missing… We need to keep believing.”
Despite staring on the front foot, the Blues were not able to convert started for all their buzzing around Brentford’s penalty area, although they did create a few chances before an undetected Pinnock connected powerfully with an Mbeumo cross in the 58th minute to seal the deal.
Chelsea have now won only one of their last 13 home league games, a disappointing run stretching back into last season after sacjubg managers Thomas Tuchel and Graham Potter.
Brentford were chin-up as they soaked up everything Chelsea could throw at them with center forward Nicolas Jackson, back in the starting 11 after an injury failing to come through.
Brentford’s third league win at Stamford Bridge in as many seasons sees them leap-frogging their neighbors into 10th spot, while Chelsea dropped to 11th ahead of the rest of the weekend’s fixtures.