Chelsea defender accused of dropping ‘one of the worst performances in recent history’

Benoit Badiashile put in one of 'the worst Premier League displays' that Gabby Agbonlahor has seen against Liverpool.

The Chelsea man was part of the side who fell to a comprehensive 4-1 defeat against Jurgen Klopp's men.

The Reds ran riot on home turf, racking up 28 shots and 13 shots on target in comparison to Chelsea's tally of four and three respectively.

While Klopp's side undoubtedly deserve credit for the win, Badiashile was one of several Chelsea players to be called out by Agbonlahor.

Speaking on The Sports Breakfast, Agbonlahor said: “Chelsea look like they don’t care if they lose. That’s what I got from last night, they were that bad.

“They didn’t look like they cared about losing.

“Darwin Nunez hit the bar, the post, the woodwork five times – it could have been like 8-1 or 8-2.

“Badiashile, the centre half, he gave probably the worst centre-half performance I’ve seen in the Premier League in the last two seasons.

“He was dreadful, Chilwell wasn’t great and then you’ve got Mudryk coming on – he hasn’t learned anything. He’s running into people, kicking it out of play and doesn’t look like he’s got any football intelligence.

“Thiago Silva was poor. You spend a billion pounds on players and you’ve got a 39-year-old – nearly 40-year-old – playing centre-back.

“Enzo Fernandez was poor, Moises Caicedo was poor, Disasi – I could go on because the whole team were not at it.”

He added: “Liverpool were very good, the youngster at right-back, Connor Bradley, was man of the match. He was outstanding.”

Badiashile joined from Monaco on a deal worth £37.2million last summer.

After picking up a hamstring injury early on, the 22-year-old has made 21 appearances for Chelsea and is now regarded as a regular starter in Pochettino's plans.