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Rosenior’s side have mustered just five points from their last nine matches; only Tottenham, with two, have fared worse over that same period. Chelsea face a wait of more than a fortnight before their next league outing, with an FA Cup semi-final against Leeds at Wembley Stadium coming up first.

By the time they face Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge, they could find themselves as low as 14th in the table.

Speaking on Sky Sports in the aftermath of the Brighton defeat, Sherwood delivered a scathing verdict on Rosenior’s job prospects. He said: “They were outplayed in every way, in style, build-up, in possession, out of possession, it was a team playing a bunch of individuals, no spirit, no character.

“They were watching at the end there going over to the Chelsea fans – half of them had left the stadium 20 minutes ago. It’s not only your ability, it’s your desire to wear the shirt.

“It was embarrassing, the room that Brighton had. Liam Rosenior changed it at half-time, but he has to recognise that sooner.”

Sherwood continued: “Three goals is the least Brighton deserved. I don’t like saying it, there are demonstrations and flags out against BlueCo, Liam Rosenior will not survive this, he will not, unfortunately for him. It’s a real tough job for any manager to survive this environment. Chelsea is a development club.”

Rosenior also slammed his players afterwards, describing it as the worst defeat since taking over “by far”. He said: “That was unacceptable in every aspect of the game, unacceptable in attitude, it was unacceptable in every aspect.

“I keep coming out to defend the players; that was indefensible tonight. Something needs to change drastically right now.

“We need to look in the mirror, I need to look in the mirror, but I can’t keep coming out here and defending some of the things that we’re seeing.”

He added: “The general attitude, spirit was lacking – determination from three or four of the starting eleven, that’s nowhere near enough for this club. I can’t come out and lie; I tell the truth. That was an unacceptable performance at every level.”