Jorginho completed 90 minutes in the draw at home to Southampton on Wednesday night – and some Chelsea fans on Twitter ripped into the midfielder for his performance.
The Blues were held to a goalless draw in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge and it was certainly a case of two points dropped.
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Maurizio Sarri’s side were unable to find the breakthrough against a resilient Saints backline, but striker Alvaro Morata did see his effort wrongly chalked off for offside.
Chelsea missed the chance to close the gap to third-placed Manchester City and remain fourth in the league table.
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They must now be looking over their shoulders, as Arsenal and Manchester United look to force their way into the Champions League positions.
Many Chelsea fans were raging after the draw against 18th-placed Southampton and Jorginho received huge criticism on social media.
The 27-year-old filled his usual deep-lying playmaker role in midfield and saw plenty of the ball.
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He is Sarri’s chief general on the pitch in the way he dictates the possession-based stye of play from deep, but there was very little impact going forward.
Southampton were happy to sit off and allow the Italian time on the ball on the halfway line and he mainly played the easy pass.
Here are some Chelsea fans fuming with Jorginho’s latest contribution:
I wish Jorginho would be a bit braver and play forward passes more often. Too many back/sideway passes #cfc #CHESOU
— Neil Parekh (@Neil_Parekh) January 2, 2019
Jorginho is the midfield version of “tap-in merchants”. He offers absolutely nothing on a consistent basis going forward. #CHESOU #CFC
— Ateesh (@Blueisdcolor) January 2, 2019
Jorginho is Sarri’s Romeu #cfc #CFCLive #CHESOU
— Pride of London (@SarriBallCFC) January 2, 2019
Jorginho is useless unless he has to make a pass within 3 metres of himself. Can’t believe there is serious talk of Fabregas leaving, it isn’t something we can afford at this stage #CFC #CHESOU
— Samarth (@samarth_114) January 2, 2019
Clueless going forward. But let’s look at jorginho’s 877 sideways passes and feel good #cfc #CHESOU
— Aditya Balaraman (@adityabalaraman) January 2, 2019
We are letting Fabregas go so we can keep Jorginho. Fuming, Fabregas more influential in 10 minutes then Jorginho in an entire match. Shambles of a club #cfc
— Luke Pickett (@PickettLuke) January 3, 2019
Awful performance from Chelsea today. Proving once again that we are too dependent on Hazard. Jorginho was ineffective again, Fabregas should’ve started or at least come on a lot earlier and we desperately need a new striker #CFC #CHESOU
— Samarth (@samarth_114) January 2, 2019
Im over defending Jorginho. Does absolutely nothing #CFC
— Seth Botes (@slater_seth) January 2, 2019
