Tanzania, April 22 -- London. Chelsea have sacked head coach Liam Rosenior after just three months in charge, following a dramatic collapse in form that has left their season in jeopardy and their Champions League hopes hanging by a thread.

Rosenior's dismissal was confirmed on Wednesday, a day after Chelsea's 3-0 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion, a result that extended their losing run in the Premier League to five matches without scoring and marked seven defeats in their last eight games across all competitions.

The club has also endured its worst goalscoring drought in more than a century, underlining the scale of their attacking decline.

The defeat at the Amex Stadium saw Brighton leapfrog Chelsea into sixth place in the table, lea...