John Terry hammers Chelsea after PSG thrashing – ‘I don’t care who you are’ | Football

John Terry has branded Chelsea’s Champions League thrashing at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain as unacceptable.

The reigning European champions gained a measure of revenge for last summer’s World Club Cup final defeat by handing out an 8-2 thrashing on aggregate following Tuesday night’s 3-0 romp at Stamford Bridge.

Liam Rosenior had talked bullishly ahead of the second leg and had been confident that his young side were capable of overturning a three-goal deficit following their late capitulation in the French capital.

Instead, Chelsea rolled out the welcome mat for their visitors who gleefully accepted the early opportunities that allowed them to put the tie to bed within the first 16 minutes in west London.

The Blues were fortunate, in some ways, that Luis Enrique’s side eased off the gas thereafter and scored only once thereafter with Senny Myulu putting the gloss on a comprehensive demolition just after the hour mark.

And while a dejected Terry conceded that much of the damage had already been done at Parc des Princes, he argued that no Chelsea side should ever lose a European knockout game by such a wide margin.

He said: ‘Unfortunately that is the end. You know what does it for me? Being 3-2 down away to PSG and we actually played really well the whole game, or for 70 minutes of it.

‘I’m going 3-2 we’ll take that all day long going back to the Bridge, I fancy us against anyone to be able to turn that around and then we go and concede late goals to make it really difficult.

‘And then last night we go and concede after six minutes so everything about last night, I can’t even talk about it. I can’t even actually go into the detail of it. I’m so frustrated.

‘But against any team you cannot lose 8-2 over two legs. I’m sorry you can’t. I don’t care who you are, what team you are you cannot lose 8-2 so really frustrating.’

Midfielder Moises Caicedo, meanwhile, accepted Chelsea’s best had not been good enough after their European campaign went out with a whimper.

‘It was disappointing for everyone,’ said Caicedo, who had given the ball away cheaply in midfield in the build-up to the second goal.

‘Of course we know PSG are a very tough opponent. We tried to show our best, but they are the current champions of the competition. We did our best but we didn’t get what we wanted.’

Chelsea’s embarrassment was complete when 19-year-old midfielder Mayulu came off the bench to blast home PSG’s third, triggering a chorus of boos as supporters began to stream out of the ground.

Individual mistakes had been their undoing in the first leg in Paris and proved the case again here, though the manner in which the European champions punished them was particularly brutal.

‘We wanted to do better but they are one of the best teams in the world,’ Caicedo said. ‘We are disappointed and want to do better.

‘Everyone was ready to fight, but I think we have four competitions playing every two or three days. Sometimes in this scenario, it’s so difficult because they are doing well. We will keep going.’

Liam Rosenior’s team are in a fight to return to the competition next season. They are sixth in the Premier League after winning only one of their last four games and face a difficult assignment at Everton on Saturday.

After a positive start, the former Strasbourg boss is at risk of seeing his tenure turn sour. Supporters sang the name of former owner Roman Abramovich – typically a sign that discontent is bubbling at Stamford Bridge – while there was a furious reaction to Rosenior’s decision to take off Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro with 30 minutes to go.

Chelsea’s night got worse afterwards when Enzo Fernandez said in a post-match interview with ESPN in Argentina that he does not know whether he will be at the club next season.

‘There are eight games, then the World Cup, then we’ll see,’ he said.

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