Gary Neville labels Chelsea 'bottle jobs' after Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool | NHT8V51 | 2024-02-26 16:08:01
Gary Neville labelled Chelsea the 'billion pound bottle jobs' after their extra-time defeat to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup remaining at Wembley on Sunday afternoon.
Virgil van Dijk scored the only goal of the game, deep into extra-time after the match had reached 90 minutes without anyone breaking the deadlock.
The Reds have been already without a string of first team players, with the likes of Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota and Dominik Szoboszlai all out.
Jurgen Klopp trusted his kids in the course of the match, throwing academy merchandise Bobby Clark, Jarell Quansah, Jayden Danns and James McConnell onto the pitch.
They rose to the event while Chelsea wilted in the direction of the top of the match and Neville was very disenchanted with what he saw from Mauricio Pochettino's aspect when it really matter.
'In additional time it's been Klopp's youngsters towards the blue, billion pound bottle jobs,' the Manchester United legend stated on Sky Sports. 'Liverpool absolutely sensational, those young gamers unimaginable, he have to be so proud. However for Chelsea I've obtained no sympathy in any way.
'I can't consider Chelsea in extra-time, what has happened to them? From the very first minute of extra time they haven't played, they haven't turned up. He [Pochettino] have to be completely gutted.'
Neville could not recover from how the London club pale after the 90-minute mark, having been impressed with how they played in regular time.
'Those Chelsea players will regret that extra-time for an extended, long time,' stated the former England full-back. 'I assumed they performed fairly properly and punched arduous within the first 90 minutes and have been unlucky, however in the actual crux of the sport the place that they had Liverpool by the scruff of the neck, not having the reply within the final 10 minutes of normal time.
'They didn't turn up, they didn't carry out and you may't do this. You can't do this.
'What was up with them? I'm actually disenchanted with Chelsea in that extra-time period. You'll be able to lose any remaining, you possibly can lose any recreation of football but you can't play like that, you can't shrink. Notably when Liverpool had 5 youngsters out on the pitch, you must go for his or her throats.'
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