Sorryball! Shambolic Chelsea faces another crisis after the city's humiliation

Since 1991, Chelsea have not conceded six goals or more in a league game, but a defeat in Manchester followed a defeat in Bournemouth.

Sarriball became Sorryball, while Maurizio Sarri strives to oversee a football revolution at Stamford Bridge, forming a team based on the possession of an opponent.

Sarri is an urgent football champion, slippery, but he struggles to get his ideas Where is London right now.

In the 6-0 defeat at Etihad Stadium on Sunday, the Blues followed the philosophy of their coach, but they were still humiliated as they made countless individual and team defense mistakes.

Marcos Alonso has been a weak link for most of the season, despite signing a long term contract and a large sum of money. He was at fault for the first goal, having not yielded his homework to Bernardo Silva to Eden Hazard. or Ross Barkley.

Raheem Sterling qualified 1-0, which was not the start that the top four hopes could afford, and the situation would soon get worse with Sergio Aguero who achieved a magnificent goal.

The mistakes of Ross Barkley and Kepa Arrizabalaga led Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan to score more goals. The Blues lost four goals in half for the second time in three weeks.

Even the leader of the club, Cesar Azpilicueta, created a moment of bad decision, making Sterling fall to allow Aguero to get another hat trick. Sterling then made it 6-0 and the score could have been even more severe in the end.

Sarri will privately emphasize – perhaps publicly – the poor "mentality" of the group, after complaining last week that it is "extremely difficult to motivate his players", but he is unlikely to He changes his philosophy.

Still, it has been 22 years since Chelsea lost four goals in a game – Sarri now suffering a setback or better than twice in a few weeks.

Sarri admitted that the job in Chelsea was harder than he imagined during his first foray out of Italy, but he now calls for a blind trust to his employers.

Many have pointed out the similar difficulties faced by Guardiola in his first season at Man City, but unlike his friend in the opposition canoe, Sarri can not point to previous victories in major trophies.

The manager position at Chelsea is more and more like a poisoned chalice, the club's short-term coaching practice translating into performances like Manchester's.

The club has its star player, Eden Hazard, executing his contract and the lack of setting up academy players over the years has led to a situation where Callum Hudson- Odoi wants to leave for Bayern Munich.

There will be no tactical change, and as talented as Gonzalo Higuain is, it's too much for him to solve all the problems on his own. Manchester United are now fourth above Chelsea and seem more likely to win last place in the Champions League at the end of the season.

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Can Chelsea afford not to qualify for the Champions League for the third time in four years? Will such a failure come to Hazard's thinking when he decides on his future?

The current Chelsea crisis raises questions throughout the club and the club's hierarchy will certainly wonder if it thinks of the long term and if Sarri returns or if it resumes its old habits.

Sarri certainly deserves more time, but Pep Guardiola's men have shown that the difference between Chelsea and Man City is as big as ever.