After the West Ham team’s loss to Chelsea by a score of 5-0 on Sunday, Glenn Hoddle criticized Emerson Palmieri, who plays defense for the club.
As a result of a resounding victory at Stamford Bridge, the side coached by Mauricio Pochettino has won consecutive Premier League games for the first time since December.
At halftime, Chelsea had a 3-0 lead thanks to goals scored by Cole Palmer, Conor Gallagher, and Noni Madueke. However, Nicolas Jackson scored twice in the second half to ensure that Chelsea would emerge victorious.
In an interview for Premier League Productions, Hoddle made the observation that West Ham did not appear to be concerned.
It seems as like they are a team that only wants to play when they have possession of the ball, as if obtaining possession of the ball is the most straightforward aspect of the game.
“As soon as Chelsea wins possession, there is no closing down, no one shouting to pick up on the penalty spot, those crucial areas; there is no consistency to their game,” said the coach.
During the final minutes of the game, Hoddle made the following observation after analyzing Jackson’s first goal, which set the score 4-0 for Chelsea: “Emerson is still in the dressing room.”
After three minutes of play in the second half, he has not yet turned on his brain. He has emerged from the tunnel that leads to the changing room, and his condition is really distressing.
“At the end of the day, you have to show a little more than that,” the coach said. “This is especially true when considering the number of goals that you have allowed in the first half.”
During this time, Jermain Defoe, a former striker for West Ham, voiced his disapproval of the defensive performance of the squad under Moyes’s leadership.
Defoe made the following statement: “I believe that performance does not reflect West Ham as a football club as a whole.”
“When you play for West Ham and you are unable to really compete with the other teams in terms of how you play, and your performance does not reflect West Ham, you are required to put in a lot of effort first and foremost.”
“I mentioned that the manager, “Moyes,” is a defensive-minded coach; you would like to believe that if you are a defensive-minded coach, you don’t give up a lot of goals,” I said.
According to the statement, “Against a strong Chelsea team, but if you look at Chelsea over the previous decade, you wouldn’t say it’s a Chelsea team where you can go and allow five goals,” the statement further states.