Fans make feelings known to Graham Potter whisked away in car after Chelsea lose at Fulham

Fans make feelings known with a variety of sentiments to manager Graham Potter who was whisked away in a car after Chelsea lose at Fulham.

Willian, a former Chelsea winger, opened the scoring for the hosts in the 25th minute, with Kalidou Koulibaly getting an equaliser in the second half.

However it was Fulham who sealed all three points with thanks to Carlos Vinicius’s 73rd minute header.

The game was stopped on 58 minutes after Chelsea’s debutant Joao Felix, making his debut, was sent to the stands for a dangerous challenge against defender Kenny Tete.

Some Chelsea fans, however, showed support to their boss after the match.

Footage posted on Twitter shows a group telling Potter “don’t give up!” and “change the squad, they’re the problem!” while there is another shout of “sell Havertz”.

One fan even calls him the “best manager in the world”, while another says he’ll “win the Champions League”.

It was rather different in the stands though… with chants of “We want our Chelsea back” and “CHELSEA ARE STAYING UP!!” being sung.

The result means Chelsea stay 10th in the Premier League standings, with 25 points from 18 games, while continue to impress, sitting 6th with 31 points from 19 games.

Chelsea fans backing Potter after the game – “Change the squad they are the problem” #CFC 🔵 pic.twitter.com/aIZ5VsipZu

— Pys (@CFCPys) January 12, 2023

CHELSEA ARE STAYING UP!! pic.twitter.com/l2WUSUD04o

— CarefreeLewisG (@CarefreeLewisG) January 12, 2023

“We want our Chelsea back” pic.twitter.com/Vvr65awBYb

— CarefreeLewisG (@CarefreeLewisG) January 12, 2023

Player ratings (via Sky Sports)

Fulham: Leno (8), Tete (7), Adarabioyo (7), Ream (7), Robinson (7), Reed (7), Palhinha (7), Willian (8), Pereira (8), De Cordova-Reid (8), Vinicius (8).

Subs: Wilson (6), Cairney (6), Solomon (6), Chalobah (N/A), James (N/A)

Chelsea: Kepa (4), Azpilicueta (5) Chalobah (4), Thiago Silva (6), Koulibaly (6), Hall (5), Zakaria (6), Kovacic (5), Mount (6), Joao Felix (5), Havertz (6).

Subs: Jorginho (6), Cucurella (6), Chukwuemeka (6), Gallagher (6), Ziyech (6)

Player of the match: Andreas Pereira

Chelsea boss Graham Potter: “It’s really frustrating, incredibly challenging. I feel for the supporters. We’re disappointed to lose tonight. I felt it was a relatively even game in the first half, we had a couple of chances. But I think the basics we can do a little bit better, in terms of our defending and football actions. We get back in the game and the red card is where we’re at at the moment, in terms of things that can happen to us [do happen to us].

“To lose Joao for three matches is really disappointing. Joao is a young player, a top player, you can see his quality and there wasn’t any malice [in the tackle] but the ref has a decision to make. He’ll learn from it.

“More than anything fantastic from the opponent it was more our basic actions where we have to do better.

“We are suffering at the moment. We’re suffering, the fans are suffering. We feel for them. It’s important to stick together and try to get through this tough period.”

Fulham boss Marco Silva: “It was a great night for our fans, after 16 years they deserve it. Chelsea are a massive club, their budget is completely different, we can’t compare anything but with our work, strategy, identity we could do it and we did it.

“For our football fans it’s special. I felt it after the final whistle in that moment, the way they celebrated with our players. A really important moment. Another three points for us – and I know in Premier League all the points are really tough to get.

“It’s been a fantastic season so far for us, but we know we’re just in the middle of the season. I still see a big room to improve. This is one of the positives I take from the game. We won the game, but big room to improve and we’ll keep working hard with our players.”

“I understand why it was a red. It’s another blow, the hits keep coming at the moment.”

A dejected Graham Potter reflects on a disappointing night at the next-door neighbours…

🎙 @TheDesKelly pic.twitter.com/YtQodJazhc

— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) January 12, 2023

This is what social media users said as fans make their feelings known to Graham Potter who was whisked away in car after Chelsea lose at Fulham…

@TristianBlomfi1: YESSS Let the owners see this

@LethalLeao: Tears in my eyes, our fans are actually seeing the light

@CFCdetails: Big secondhand embarrassment from the whole“best manager in the world” thing; feels patronising given this run of results …at the same time, on a human level, it’s nice to see them telling him they believe in him. He’s got to stay until end of ssn so might as well be polite

@ProperChels_com: A lot of that sounds like sarcasm to me. Nobody is saying best manager in the world with a straight face.

@_CfcLouis: At least our fans see part of the problem is the squad

@TheCashCFC: We can either change the manager, finish 6th and see the majority of our squad stay, or keep Potter, finish 12th and see a clear out in the summer. I know what I’d rather have. It’s unforgivable what a lot of this squad has produced this season.

@AvlaniKushal: Just glad to see that people are actually getting the fact it’s the players, they are the problem, and not the coach

@SlyTheKiing: He is right there and they are lying to his face

@oludollarz10: Squad are the problem, that’s very clear.

@CFCGawd: love to see it, feel so bad for the guy man. started the season with brighton so well and then gets hired, inherits a mess and doesn’t have any time really before the players are off to the world cup. has so many injuries on the books rn and things only get worse per game.