{"id":194941,"date":"2026-02-14T11:19:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players"},"modified":"2026-02-14T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T11:24:00","slug":"micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players","title":{"rendered":"Micah Richards Criticizes Two Chelsea Players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former Manchester City defender, Micah Richards has called out Chelsea duo Jorrel Hato and Alejandro Garnacho over their recent display for the Blues against West Ham United in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea won the match 3-2 against the Hammers at Stamford Bridge, but Richards insisted that both Garnacho and Hato got hooked against the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe [Gernacho] and Hato against West Ham, on that left-hand side, got hooked,\u201d Richards told BBC (via The Chelsea Chronicle).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut he has got something. With Garnacho, you would want him to be a bit more consistent. Fans have been on his back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe needs to show more conviction. He is not tracking runs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Garnacho joined Chelsea from Manchester United last year, while Hato joined the Premier League west London club from Ajax.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Former Manchester City defender, Micah Richards has called out Chelsea duo Jorrel Hato and Alejandro Garnacho over their recent display for the Blues against West Ham United in the Premier League. Chelsea won the match 3-2 against the Hammers at Stamford Bridge, but Richards insisted that both Garnacho and Hato got hooked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-194941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Micah Richards Criticizes Two Chelsea Players - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Manchester City defender, Micah Richards has called out Chelsea duo Jorrel Hato and Alejandro Garnacho over their ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Micah Richards Criticizes Two Chelsea Players\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former Manchester City defender, Micah Richards has called out Chelsea duo Jorrel Hato and Alejandro Garnacho over their ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-14T10:19:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-14T11:24:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771068227.580867.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Micah Richards Criticizes Two Chelsea Players\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-14T10:19:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-14T11:24:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771068227.580867.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/micah-richards-criticizes-two-chelsea-players\",\"name\":\"Micah Richards Criticizes Two Chelsea Players - 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