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[Getty Images] Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin says the Blues' 8-2 aggregate defeat by Paris St-Germain was "no fluke" and "you have to start asking some questions" of the club's ownership. Chelsea suffered their joint-heaviest defeat in a two‑legged European tie, with many fans chanting for former owner Roman Abramovich, against the current ownership watching from the directors' box, and leaving early. "They took a massive risk at the start of the game, going with a back three, man-to-man with two 20-year-olds dragged out to full-back," Nevin told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
"Mamadou Sarr against [Kvicha] Kvaratskhelia and Jorrel Hato against [Bradley] Barcola just wasn't fair on those young kids. "It was bold but it was also just wrong. It didn't work at all.
PSG scored right from the start from that position and it was obvious where the danger was going to be. "PSG cruised and picked Chelsea off. Chelsea got in some good positions but the final bit of quality that PSG have is incomparable.
"8-2 over this two-legged tie is not flattering and it's no fluke. Chelsea are this far off the standard of this kind of side. They beat them in the Club World Cup but I was never buying that.
This is a lot more realistic as to where teams really are. "Chelsea fans had left after 70 minutes and there is a realism here that it is problematic. They are closer to relegation than to Arsenal and this is a team that has spent £1.