Jamie Carragher left stunned after Mauricio Pochettino admits Chelsea ‘felt penalties would be good for us’ following dire extra time display in their Carabao Cup defeat by Liverpool
- Chelsea sat again in extra time towards Liverpool in the Carabao Cup remaining
- Pochettino admitted his aspect performed for penalties, leaving Carragher stunned
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Jamie Carragher has been left stunned after Mauricio Pochettino admitted his Chelsea aspect performed for penalties in their Carabao Cup remaining defeat by Liverpool on Sunday.
Chelsea completed regular time strongly, and with Jurgen Klopp turning to a number of academy children for the latter levels of the conflict at Wembley as a consequence of Liverpool’s damage disaster, the Blues appeared favourites to go on and win the trophy.
However, they sat again for lengthy intervals in extra time and had been ultimately undone by a Virgil van Dijk header in the 118th minute. Reflecting on why his crew had gone into their shells at a pivotal second in the sport, Pochettino defined: ‘The gamers began to lose their vitality. The crew felt perhaps penalties would be good for us.’
After seeing Pochettino’s quotes, Carragher reacted on X by saying: ‘Wow! Felt like that watching the extra time.’
Chelsea’s strategy was additionally criticised by Gary Neville in the moments after Van Dijk’s winner as he labelled Pochettino’s males ‘billion pound bottle jobs’.
The Manchester United legend’s brutal remark was a reference to the price of Chelsea’s expensively-assembled squad during the last two years beneath Todd Boehly, with the west London membership nonetheless having little to indicate for their spending.
But Pochettino hit again at Neville after the sport, insisting that it was unfair to query his crew’s mentality.
‘I didn’t hear what he stated, however when you examine the age of the 2 teams, I feel it’s comparable,’ he stated.
‘I have a good relationship with Gary and I don’t know if that’s how I can take this opinion. But I respect his opinion.
‘Of course, we made a few changes with [Conor] Gallagher and [Ben] Chilwell in extra time, it is true we didn’t maintain the vitality of how we completed the second half.
‘But for certain I really feel proud. I really feel pleased with the gamers, I feel they made a giant effort. We are a younger crew and, there’s nothing to check with Liverpool (simply) as a result of they completed with additionally a couple of younger gamers. I feel it’s unimaginable (to check the 2 sides).
‘He (Neville) knows the dynamics are completely different. I think it’s not truthful to speak in this manner, if he stated that.’
Pochettino has now been concerned in three finals with English golf equipment however has ended up on the dropping aspect on all of them.
He led Tottenham to the League Cup remaining in 2015 however they had been crushed by Chelsea, and his Spurs aspect additionally misplaced to Liverpool in the 2019 Champions League remaining.