Cech: Players to blame for Chelsea struggles

Petr Cech has delivered a damning assessment of Chelsea’s current failings, pinning the blame firmly on the players and absolving manager Andre Villas-Boas of responsibility.

Goalkeeper Cech accused his team-mates of failing to defend aggressively enough during their current slump, of repeating the same mistakes over and over again, and of being persistently wasteful in front of goal, before demanding that last night’s defeat at Bayer Leverkusen should herald the end of their malaise.