Levi Colwill: Chelsea Were Bullied Physically by Brentford

Levi Colwill said Chelsea were bullied physically at Brentford on 18 September 2026, as their side collapsed to a 3-0 defeat that leaves them with one win in their last four matches.

Brentford scored in the 61st, 83rd and 94th minutes, with Chelsea conceding first from a set piece before a mistake in build-up play let the hosts break and add a second. Colwill described the third as a blow the visitors never recovered from.

"It was a tough afternoon," Colwill told Sky Sports.

Alonso, speaking to the same outlet, called the result the most disappointing part of an afternoon he said Chelsea should not have allowed to slip.

"We have to learn from this," Alonso said.

Chelsea have now conceded 12 goals in five Premier League matches, the most in the division, and sit seventh on seven points. Brentford climbed to third on nine points. The captain, Levi Colwill, has scored three goals since joining Chelsea in September 2023, but his focus after this game was defensive: he said the side are still adapting to a new set-piece coach and need to improve as a unit.

The defeat came with Joao Pedro missing through a knee injury whose extent Alonso has declined to confirm, and it extends a defensive run that has now produced back-to-back damaging results. Three winless league matches in a row leave Chelsea with work to do before the next fixture.