Chelsea star Mateo Kovacic has argued that the Chelsea players need to take some responsibility after Graham Potter was sacked, claiming that ‘it’s easier to sack a manager than 30 players’.

“We need to be honest with ourselves. In the end it’s easier to sack a coach than 30 players, but it’s on us as well, we need to do better,” Kovacic told Sky Sports.

“We have to say thank you to Potter who was here who did a good job but it’s not easy when there are many changes here so it was a tough situation for him as well.”