Chelsea star Thiago Silva proved he takes no prisoners on and off the pitch by giving one fan a schooling on Instagram.
It’s been a tough start to the season for the Blues and a 1-0 loss to Nottingham Forest has increased pressure on the club.
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New manager Mauricio Pochettino has seen his side draw with Liverpool, beat Luton, but lose to West Ham and Nottingham Forest in thier opening fixtures.
The 1-0 defeat to the Tricky Trees appears to have stung a lot with supporters beginning to query the former Tottenham boss’ tactics.
One supporter – @talkcfc_ – was particularly unhappy and commented that he believes their 38-year-old centre-back should be the man dropped to help improve their fortunes.
His post on Instagram read: “This won’t go down well but I think it’s time to drop Thiago Silva.. 😬
“Playing him is becoming a problem because we have to play a back 5 to shoehorn him in.
“Playing 4 at the back will allow us to be better going forward and I don’t think we’ll suffer much at the back.
“Nothing but respect to Thiago but I think we’d be better off without him at the minute.”
But the Brazilian superstar wasn’t having any of it, giving him a tactical lesson.
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He shot back in the comments: “If you look closely at the game, we are playing with a line of 4 my friend! But there’s no problem in assuming that I’m also responsible for the defeat. put the pressure on me 👍🏾 no problem yesterday!”
While most graphics suggest Chelsea are in 3-4-3 right now with Malo Gusto and Ben Chilwell as wing-backs, the reality is slightly different.
England left-back Chilwell is operating further up the pitch with Levi Colwill operating in full-back areas on the ball.
And on the opposite flank Gusto is a more orthodox full-back with freedom to get forward.
But whether Pochettino tweaks this will be interesting to see after the international break.
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