BREAKING NEWS: Is either they sell Him or I will leave, there’s no way two leader will be in one team,the way He dictates for me in training I don’t like it”, Reece James have request for the sale of ONE Chelsea player or He leaves in the summer after a shambolic performance against PSG.
BREAKING NEWS: Is either they sell Him or I will leave, there’s no way two leader will be in one team,the way He dictates for me in training I don’t like it”, Reece James have request for the sale of ONE Chelsea player or He leaves in the summer after a shambolic performance against PSG.
The Blues, though, levelled on 28 minutes with Malo Gusto’s strike beating Matvey Safonov, who would have been disappointed after getting a strong hand to the shot. Not long before the half-time break, PSG restored their lead after Chelsea were caught on the break.
Ousmane Dembele finished it off for the hosts, with a big deflection off Wesley Fofana helping the ball beat Jorgensen.
In the second half, Chelsea found another leveller. Some fantastic work from Pedro Neto saw the winger set up Enzo Fernandez, whose strike found the top corner right in front of the corner of travelling Blues supporters.
PSG eventually found the third goal through Vitinha after Jorgensen’s mistake. Kvicha Kvaratskhelia, on as a second-half substitute, struck powerfully into the bottom corner from distance to give the Parisiens a three-goal advantage and has left Chelsea with it all to do in the return leg at Stamford Bridge next week.
Bobby Vincent was live in Paris to bring you the full Chelsea player ratings at half time in this Champions League knockout tie.
Having talked revenge all week, PSG started the game with the appropriate energy and impetus, though it were Chelsea who had the first chance: João Pedro not quite able to steer a Cole Palmer cross on target.
But PSG were running circles around Chelsea, and we were made to pay for our passive defending as Bradley Barcola had time to set himself, let the ball bounce, and smash his shot into the roof of the net from ten yards out in the tenth minute.
As has been our habit lately, we woke up and started to play after conceding early, with PSG’s defense proving far from solid. Unfortunately, our finishing eluded us … at least until the PSG goalkeeper contrived to not scoop Malo Gusto’s mis-kicked shot away from goal and instead let it squirm through him for the equalizer just before the half-hour mark.
Palmer then should’ve made it 2-1, but he failed to convert a great chance. Instead, from the resulting counter, Ousmane Dembélé showed how it’s done, giving PSG the lead once again — Chelsea not exactly making it too difficult for him though.
With neither side able to play any defense, the second half promised more goals.
Chelsea came out of the break with renewed energy and took control of proceedings, eventually finding the equalizer right before the hour-mark, thanks to some enterprising play from Pedro Neto and a lovely finish of his cutback by Enzo. PSG responded by bringing on Kvaratskhelia, who immediately made them more threatening as they looked to take the lead for the third time.
As it turned out, they didn’t even need to do any of that as instead, we would simply gift the lead back to them. We’d been playing with fire at the back all night, and it was only a matter of time before we’d be burned. Vitinha chipped the giveaway into the back of the empty net.
We did appear to score a third equalizer before that was correctly ruled out for an offside, and then Kvara did score his goal to make it 4-2 instead.
And then, just to seal our fates, Kvara scored again with the final kick of the game. Three goals conceded in the final 15 minutes will just about signal the end of our Champions League campaign.
Carefree.
No surprises or shenanigans with the starting lineup, despite all the speculation
Hey, let’s pass it around at the back under a strong press; what could possibly go wrong!?
Second leg next week at the Bridge now just a formality; before then, Newcastle at home on Saturday.
