Liam Rosenior will be proud of Chelsea's defeat to Arsenal.
That is according to former Blues defender Glen Johnson, who believes the players' efforts following Pedro Neto's red card spoke volumes out the squad's commitment to the cause under the new manager.
Rosenior has impressed since his surprise appointment in January, winning eight of his 13 games in charge, though has lost three times against Arsenal.
But Johnson feels Rosenior should come away from his latest defeat to the Gunners with his head held high, confident his players fully bought into his methods.
Speaking to BOYLE Sports, who offer the latest football odds, Johnson said: "The performance with 10 men is a big compliment to Liam Rosenior. Obviously, you've got to cover a bit more ground with 10 men, but when you have the ball, it doesn't really make a difference because the ball can't be in 11 positions.
"It's only in one position and therefore you've got three players around you and so have they. It's when you don't have the ball and you've got to quickly get back into position that you can come under pressure, because you can't press so high.
"But when you actually have the ball, it doesn't really make that much of a difference because the spare man technically should be the center-back or the keeper, who's not involved anyway. And they've got very good players, a very good squad.
"The fact that they were still trying, you know, because some teams go 10 men and think, 'I'm playing against Arsenal, we're two one down, 10 men, like, let's just not get embarrassed.' So the fact that they still tried to win the game is credit to them."
