‘My job, it hurts’ – Rosenior pained after ‘most disappointing’ Chelsea loss
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Rosenior replaced Enzo Maresca as manager of the FIFA Club World Cup winners in January, but he has overseen four consecutive defeats in recent weeks.
That included two thrashings against Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain as well as a 1-0 loss to Premier League rivals Newcastle.
However, Rosenior believes that the defeat at the Hill Dickinson Stadium will go down as the most disappointing result of his tenure so far.
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“It wasn’t there, and it turned into a really, really difficult evening where the result and performance was nowhere near what we expected or wanted.
“I’m learning about this club. It’s a massive club. There’s been a lot of noise, a lot of negative noise, rightfully so, our performances in the last week.
“We’ve had 10 games in the league together as a group. We’ve got 17 points.
“I think we’re fourth in my time. So we have to forget the noise. We have to keep our confidence and our composure.”
The win leaves Everton in eighth place, firmly in the race for a place in the Champions League and just two points behind Chelsea in sixth.
Rosenior believes Chelsea’s poor run of results is largely down to lapses in concentration.
“I want to protect my players always. I always will. I take responsibility for that lapse in concentration,” he added. “But that’s what it is.
“That’s happened too many times in my time recently for me not to tell the truth as it is.
“For me, we arrived into the final third a lot. We had an edgy start in terms of cheap giveaways that we gave away, then we managed to gain control of the game and were in their half, and we were arriving and creating moments which we don’t take.
“We’re not clinical enough. Then, out of nowhere, it feels like out of nowhere, they score. It’s not the first time that that’s happened.
“What happens in football, if you are in a run, a difficult run of games against big teams, your energy levels and your confidence levels can drop if the other team score first. That’s what happened. [Jordan] Pickford makes a world-class save at 1-0.
“Then we come out in the second half and have control of the game. Then we make a mistake and they’re 2-0 up. It gives them even more energy. It’s about flow and momentum. We didn’t have that in the game today.”