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Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior rounded on some of his players on Saturday, blaming one for failing to complete a basic man-marking 'assignment' as Burnley equalised at Stamford Bridge. The visitors' Dutch striker Zian Flemming was left unmarked to meet James Ward-Prowse's corner, despite both Jos Acheampong and Mamadou Sarr being sent on to add height in a reshuffle after Wesley Fofana was sent off. Chelsea's hapless defence then almost conceded a Burnley winner when a replica corner by Ward-Prowse was headed over by Jacob Bruun Larsen. An angry Rosenior said: 'An assignment was missed. An assignment - a marking assignment - wasn't done. Flemming, we know, is their best header of the ball. 'And there was a player who I won't… I'm not here to throw players under the bus, I will always protect my players, I will deal with it in the week. There was a player we assigned that duty who marked the wrong player.' The Chelsea manager offered more barbed criticism of his players by claiming he h...

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