In the Sky Sports program, Arsenal star Merson criticized Chelsea's performance in losing to Sunderland. He said that the Blues urgently need Delap to return.

Merson said this: "I was impressed by Sunderland's outstanding performance today, but not satisfied with Chelsea's performance. I think they will encounter difficulties. They urgently need Delap to return and need an offensive fulcrum. Gio did not perform well at the forward position. I think he only touched the ball nine or ten times. In a team that should control the match This performance is unacceptable among the teams in the competition. "

"Chelsea lacked creativity, but half of them could not break through the opponent's defense. Their performance was very difficult at the tenth position, and the overall performance of this team was too young. The oldest players are only 23 or 24 years old? "

"When you have a young team, performance is going to be up and down, and their wingers are very inconsistent. Neto can be very good when he's in good form, but the next minute... no player can maintain 70% performance all the time, or 80% or 90%, or 50%, so they can't win the Premier League. "

"They need some experienced players. They lack the experience of Thiago Silva. This is their problem. Their performances will continue to be up and down and hopefully they can finish in the top four, but will have to do better than they are now. "