Following Chelsea’s 5-2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night, Premier League icon Jamie Carragher advised them to reassess their goalkeeping choices.
With only 16 minutes remaining, the Blues held the French giants at 2-2 away from home. That result would have given Liam Rosenior’s team a great chance of reaching the quarterfinals with a victory at Stamford Bridge next week.
However, the contest slid away from Chelsea, which began when Vitinha put PSG in ahead. The hosts’ third goal was the fault of goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen, who made a bad pass to create the opportunity.
Jamie Carragher, an ex-Liverpool defender, was openly critical of Chelsea’s goalkeeping prospects. The pundit claimed that if the team wants to fulfill its goals, it should sell both Robert Sanchez and Jorgensen.
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He told CBS Sports: “It was a terrific game, probably the best I’ve seen in the Champions League this season. Chelsea did not deserve to lose 5-2, and they only have themselves to blame.
“I’ve been critical of Chelsea for a long time, but I’m serious; they can’t move on unless they resolve the goalkeeping issue. I’ve been repeating it repeatedly.
Jamie Carragher blasts Chelsea’s goalkeeping choices following PSG defeat.
“The new ownership has come in and spent absolute billions, and right now they’ve got some great players in the team, and I think in these early stages Liam Rosenior has been brilliant. I thought Rosenior as a manager tonight, looking at how he set the team up, caused PSG real problems, and they didn’t deserve to lose given how the game was set up and how they played.”
“But massive mistakes cost them at centre-back and goalkeeper, and that has been and will continue to be an issue for any Chelsea manager in the future when they’re attempting to win the Premier League and Champions League because they’re a million miles away.
“That’s why they lost tonight, not because they don’t have great attacking players or the manager knows what he’s doing; tactically, they were excellent tonight. They were let down by a mistake by the goalie at 2-2, and then the game simply absolutely unravelled, and it now appears like they have no chance of progressing.”
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