{"id":48814,"date":"2026-01-31T10:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48814"},"modified":"2026-01-31T10:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T10:28:53","slug":"west-ham-match-is-biggest-game-for-chelsea-rosenior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/31\/west-ham-match-is-biggest-game-for-chelsea-rosenior\/","title":{"rendered":"West Ham match is &#8216;biggest game&#8217; for Chelsea: Rosenior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8220;For me tomorrow is the biggest game of the season,&#8221; Rosenior told reporters .<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Liam Rosenior labelled Chelsea\u2019s London derby against West Ham on Saturday as their biggest game of the season, saying he would \u201cfind out so much\u201d about his players.<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior, who replaced Enzo Maresca as Chelsea boss earlier this month, has enjoyed a strong start to his career at Stamford Bridge, winning his past four matches across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO READ: Rosenior dismisses Chelsea exit for \u2018untouchable\u2019 Palmer<\/p>\n<p>The fifth-placed Blues are just one point behind fourth-placed Manchester United in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>They maintained Rosenior\u2019s impressive run by securing a Champions League last 16 berth with a come-from-behind victory at Napoli on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea also have a chance to reach the League Cup final when they look to overturn a 3-2 deficit in the semi-final second leg at Arsenal on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Before that showdown, Rosenior\u2019s team host resurgent West Ham, who are still in the relegation zone despite successive wins.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me tomorrow is the biggest game of the season,\u201d Rosenior told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very simple, I\u2019m going to find out so much. We\u2019re in a good place. If you want to be a consistent winning team, these are the games where you have to step forward and not be complacent after a win in Italy, to come back three days later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to see the consistency levels of the group. That\u2019s why for me this is a massive mark of where we really are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rosenior praised West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo, who took charge at the London Stadium earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong> Slot says Liverpool must fix \u2018very bad cocktail\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not surprised Nuno has put his stamp on the team,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of his teams have always been really well organised without the ball, whether that\u2019s a 4-4-2 shape or a 5-4-1 without the ball.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd they\u2019ve always been very good in transition moments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#West #Ham #match #biggest #game #Chelsea #Rosenior<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For me tomorrow is the biggest game of the season,&#8221; Rosenior told reporters . Liam Rosenior labelled Chelsea\u2019s London derby&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48814"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48816,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48814\/revisions\/48816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}