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“To be honest” – Liam Rosenior reveals why he took off Chelsea’s best players in PSG defeat Liam Rosenior has defended his decision to substitute Cole Palmer, Joao Pedro and Enzo Fernandez in the second half against PSG. DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CHELSEA NEWS APP FOR ALL THE LATEST UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON THE APP STORE PSG strolled to a 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge to inflict an 8-2 defeat on the Blues over two legs and advance to the quarter finals.
It was an awful evening for Chelsea, and Stamford Bridge emptied in it’s thousands in the second half, on a real low point under the Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital ownership. Liam Rosenior defends substitutions against PSG With the Blues needing to overturn a three goal deficit, Rosenior opted to deploy a back three of Trevoh Chalobah, Mamadou Sarr and Jorrel Hato. However, that backfired after six minutes with Sarr making a mistake which allowed Khvicha Kvaratskhelia to score his third goal of the tie.
Further goals followed from Bradley Barcola and Senny Mayulu, and with the game and tie long done, Rosenior opted to remove Palmer, Pedro and Fernandez. The decision didn’t go down well with the fans left in the stadium, and Rosenior was asked after the game if it was an admission of defeat. “I think it’s not just an admission,” he told his post match press conference.
“It’s a reality of where the group are. They’ve played over 100 games in 18 months. They’ve had no break in terms of the international games, the travelling that, say, Joao Pedro or Enzo Fernandez or Moises Caicedo do to South America.
“It’s not an excuse. This is a by-product of success of the Club World Cup and it’s a great thing that the club achieved at the Club World Cup. ” Chelsea head coach thinking of the long term Rosenior also stated the importance of managing minutes after losing Reece James to injury, and insisted he wanted to get the Blues into the Champions League next season.