Chelsea fans furious with Ben Chilwell after noticing vice-captain's Instagram activity after Newcastle defeat

Chelsea fans are furious with vice-captain Ben Chilwell after seeing what he did after the Blues' Carabao Cup defeat to Newcastle.

After a much improved run of results, Chelsea lost 2-0 away at St James' Park in the Carabao Cup round of 16. Alexander Isak opened the scoring in the 23rd minute before Axel Disasi put through his own net minutes later.

Newcastle will now take on Brentford on 17 December and are just two games from reaching the final at Wembley as they did two seasons ago.

But without even taking to the pitch, Chilwell has angered Chelsea supporters online.

Former Chelsea defender Lewis Hall started and played 72 minutes of the win over his former club. After the victory, he took to Instagram to share a series of snaps from the game, with the caption: "Enjoyed that one" and a wink emoji.

Fellow left-back and ex colleague Chilwell, who was on the bench for the game, appeared to like the post despite still being contracted to Chelsea. Naturally, it did not go down well with the supporters, who were critical of Chilwell.

One wrote: "Poor from Chilwell. Would expect more from a former vice-captain that supposedly gets what it means to be Chels."

A second added: "Chilwell can get out of our club at the earliest opportunity, scum."

A third commented: "Ben Chilwell better not play for this club again."

A fourth did not hold back, writing: "Chilwell liking this post in less than just 2 minutes of posting is wild. He’s a parasite, He should not be allowed anywhere near the first team."

A final user fumed: "Yeah sorry I’m done with 21 now. Banish him completely."

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Chilwell found himself out of favour upon Enzo Maresca's arrival in the summer and he has made just one appearance this season, a cameo in a Carabao Cup game against Barrow.

Maresca publicly told Chilwell to leave in the summer, saying the former Leicester man "struggles with us a little bit to find his best position".

However the club find not a solution for him and he remains on the books of the west London side until the January window.