'Wow!' – Jamie Carragher shocked by Mauricio Pochettino admission after Chelsea defeat | C34XOKJ | 2024-02-28 16:08:01
Jamie Carragher has shared his shock at Mauricio Pochettino admitting Chelsea appeared to play for penalties of their last-gasp Carabao Cup last defeat to Liverpool.
The Blues have been second greatest for much of the primary half, with Jurgen Klopp's aspect dictating the tempo of the match, but that they had one of the best alternative to take the lead when Cole Palmer was denied by Caoimhin Kelleher whereas additionally they had a aim chalked off for offside by VAR.
Each teams hit the woodwork on multiple occasions but Chelsea edged the competition within the second interval and completed the 90 minutes in notably robust style, someway failing to grab a late winner after a penalty box scramble.
However simply when it seemed as though Chelsea have been turning the screw, they took their foot off the fuel in extra-time and a young Liverpool aspect regained a foothold.
Chelsea's passiveness finally proved to be their undoing and in the 118th minute Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk escaped his marker at a nook and headed the ball into the again of the web to spark wild scenes of celebration.
Speaking afterwards, Pochettino raised a couple of eyebrows when he explained his aspect's extra-time struggles by saying his gamers 'started to really feel that perhaps the penalties can be good for us'.
Obviously that strategy did not work, and, certainly, invited Liverpool onto them, and Carragher appeared shocked that Pochettino was prepared to admit that his players had stopped making an attempt to win the match in extra-time – although did really feel it showed in the recreation.
Quote-tweeting Pochettino's comment, Carragher wrote on X: 'Wow! Felt like that watching the additional time.'
On the end result, he stated: 'Completely sensible win for Liverpool, big end result, and one of many proudest moments for me as somebody associated with this club once I noticed all these youngsters from the academy.
'And in addition the courage of the supervisor to place them on the pitch. But in addition the courage of these gamers to get on the ball and take the ball in that extra-time period with the strain on enjoying in an enormous Cup remaining.'
Pochettino, meanwhile, had been requested if he had anticipated extra from his gamers in extra-time when he made his admission, saying: 'Look, in fact that was troublesome. In fact all the time some expertise, some management inside the pitch helps but in fact, after to be annoyed.
'The gamers really feel the disappointment because we have been so close to profitable the sport after 90 minutes and we feel a bit of bit to lose our power.
'Some gamers like [Conor] Gallagher and Chilly [Ben Chilwell] start to really feel really, really tired and perhaps use totally different players to go together with and help. We have to change Gallagher after five minutes and then within the start of the second 15 minutes, I feel Chilwell. The staff started to really feel that perhaps the penalties can be good for us.
'But we can't blame, we can't say nothing. I feel the trouble was large. I'm proud of the trouble. It's about to keep believing in that. We didn't get the reward we needed, however now we hold shifting.'
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