{"id":2142,"date":"2026-03-02T23:16:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2026-03-02T23:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:16:20","slug":"gary-neville-urges-chelsea-to-sign-three-players-after-arsenal-defeat-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=2142","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville urges Chelsea to sign three players after Arsenal defeat | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Man Utd and England defender Gary Neville (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gary Neville has urged Chelsea to sign three \u2018top-class\u2019 players after a frustrating Premier League defeat to Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Chelsea\u2019s first wobble under new boss Liam Rosenior continued on Sunday with the Blues suffering a 2-1 defeat at the Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n

Rosenior\u2019s side looked marginally on top in the second half after Piero Hincapie\u2019s own goal cancelled out William Saliba\u2019s early opener.<\/p>\n

But Jurrien Timber scored Arsenal\u2019s winner following another mistake from Robert Sanchez and Chelsea were unable to respond after losing Pedro Neto to a red card.<\/p>\n

While Arsenal restored their five-point lead at the top of the Premier League, a third straight game without a win leaves Chelsea sixth in the table, six points outside the top-four places.<\/p>\n

Neville says he \u2018still can\u2019t work Chelsea out\u2019 but is adamant they need more \u2018experience\u2019 in three key areas of the pitch.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve\u00a0never commentated on a team that make me feel so many different emotions during a single game,\u2019 former Manchester United and England defender Neville said on his Sky Sports podcast.<\/p>\n

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\u2018You can watch them and think\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0naive,\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0too nice,\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0ill-disciplined or that\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0electric,\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0a great possession team and\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0so talented.<\/p>\n

\u2018You can think so many different things.\u00a0I flip between thinking\u00a0they\u2019re\u00a0miles away and thinking if they can get a goalkeeper, an experienced centre-back and an experienced centre-forward they could be in business.<\/p>\n

\u2018They\u00a0have to\u00a0keep players fit but they need a top-class goalkeeper, a top-class centre-back with experience\u00a0and a top-class centre forward to\u00a0accompany\u00a0Joao Pedro and Liam Delap, not to replace them.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Have three strikers \u2013 Pedro who is\u00a0very good, Delap who is young with potential \u2013 and then bring someone in. I know\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0difficult \u2013 these players are not there, but they need a centre-forward with experience.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m\u00a0not talking about a 33-year-old striker but someone who is 27 or 28 and the same at the back, a player who has real presence who can give them some solidity.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m\u00a0going to talk about the goalkeeper as well because Robert Sanchez invites problems, every time I watch him my heart\u00a0is in my mouth.<\/p>\n

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\u2018He flaps at the Arsenal goal so for me Chelsea are three players short, they need players in those positions.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve\u00a0got many thoughts about\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0and I still\u00a0can\u2019t\u00a0quite work them out.\u2019<\/p>\n

Rosenior was frustrated with both Chelsea\u2019s defending at set-pieces and their disciplinary issues after the defeat at Arsenal.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019m really frustrated with the end result,\u2019 he said. \u2018A lot of good things in our game but we were undone by two set pieces like we were against Burnley last week.<\/p>\n

\u2018There were some outstanding performance. Technically and tactically but we were undone by moments. Same as against Burnley and against Leeds.<\/p>\n

\u2018I don\u2019t want to push the league leaders very hard. We\u2019re Chelsea, we want to win games of football.<\/p>\n

\u2018Between both boxes, we were very, very good. I felt we were the better team by far in the second half but we weren\u2019t ruthless in the moment.\u2019<\/p>\n

Chelsea face another huge game on Wednesday night as they visit top-four rivals Aston Villa, who suffered a shock defeat to bottom-placed Wolves last time out.<\/p>\n

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