Chelsea are weighing up whether or not to end Liam Rosenior’s time at the club as manager after their crisis deepened with defeat at Brighton on Tuesday night.

The Blues have now suffered five successive Premier League defeats, the worst run for the club in 114 years.

After going down 3-0 at the Amex, Rosenior was left furious with his players, describing their performance as “indefensible”.

After his having just three months in charge, with the club left in seventh, and now seven points off Liverpool and a Champions League place, despite playing a game more, a change in head coach could be imminent, with the club’s fans also restless following a recent protest against owners, BlueCo.

The Chelsea hierarchy are now considering the next steps and what that could look like without Rosenior, although it is understood that an alternative manager has not yet been lined up as a potential replacement.

Should the club opt to cut ties with Rosenior, it could prove an expensive decision, with the 41-year-old signing a five-and-a-half year contract in January to replace Enzo Maresca.

The Englishman arrived at Stamford Bridge having worked with Chelsea’s owners at French side Strasbourg, an affiliate club under BlueCo’s ownership umbrella.

Only last week, co-owner Behdad Eghbali insisted Chelsea were “behind Liam” despite their rocky run of form and said he had “every attribute to be successful”.

But now, just days away from Sunday’s FA Cup semi-final against Leeds United at Wembley, Rosenior’s future is in doubt.