{
  "id": 8414672,
  "title": "Brentford batter Chelsea 3-0 as Colwill admits Blues were “bullied” and must improve",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/brentford-batter-chelsea-3-0-as-colwill-admits-blues-were-bullied-and",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-19T08:10:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/brentford-batter-chelsea-3-0-081000574.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chelsea suffered a 3-0 defeat to Brentford, with the Bees dominating at Brentford's Gtech Community Stadium. Xabi Alonso's side found themselves exposed defensively, suffering another setback in their new head coach's early days. Brentford's Jaidon Anthony opened the scoring with a close-range header in the second half, capitalizing on a deep corner kick mishap by Chelsea. The visitors doubled their lead through Igor Thiago's rebound, after Kevin Schade's initial shot was saved by Emi Martinez. Substitute Fabio Carvalho sealed the win with a third goal in stoppage time.\n\nStand-in Chelsea captain Levi Colwill remarked that his team had been \"bullied\" at set-pieces during the 3-0 rout. He acknowledged that his team had failed to perform adequately in defense, admitting, \"We weren’t good enough.\" Colwill expressed the need for improvement ahead of the international break and warned that Chelsea cannot rely solely on their front three to overcome defensive issues. He emphasized that the entire team needs to work together to enhance their performance.",
  "summary": "Levi Colwill has admitted that Chelsea were 'bullied' by Brentford during the club's 3-0 defeat to their West London neighbours.Chelsea crashed to defeat at Brentford on Friday night as the Bees ran r...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "A weight off Igor Thiago's shoulders - Brentford v Chelsea ratings",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/a-weight-off-igor-thiagos-shoulders-brentford-v-chelsea-ratings",
        "published": "2026-09-18T20:57:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Brentford 3 Chelsea 0: Anthony, Thiago and Carvalho on target as Bees make best start to a Premier League season",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/brentford-3-chelsea-0-anthony-thiago-and-carvalho-on-target-as-bees",
        "published": "2026-09-18T21:14:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Brentford beat Chelsea 3-0 to shatter Alonso’s London honeymoon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/brentford-beat-chelsea-3-0-to-shatter-alonsos-london-honeymoon",
        "published": "2026-09-19T06:05:48.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}