da winzada777: Former Liverpool star Jamie Carragher has blasted Chelsea players for surrounding the referee after Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s tackle on Oscar, Sky Sports reports.
da fezbet: Ibrahimovic was shown the red card for his 31st minute challenge, leaving the Ligue-1 club with 10 men to battle for a place in the next round.
But the Blues failed to take advantage, with PSG progressing into the Champions League final eight via the away goals rule.
At half time, ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher was extremely critical of the Chelsea players appealing to get Ibrahimovic punished, before then adding that manager Jose Mourinho’s pre-match comments may have played a part in getting the Sweden captain sent off.
Carragher said: “The sending off is very unfortunate. It’s not a red card.
“Zlatan is actually trying to pull his foot away. You look at it and Oscar’s (foot) is as high as his, if not higher, and if the referee is the other side maybe he would look at Oscar and give the decision the other way.
“The reaction from the Chelsea players is disgraceful and it’s sad. It’s something that’s coming into the game and it comes from Jose Mourinho’s teams. They have this reaction, it’s not a one-off.
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“Maybe what he’s said beforehand in the press conference has gone into the referee’s head.
“I always think with Jose Mourinho’s teams, they will always be respected but they will never be loved because of situations like this. They take winning to a level that no other team or manager does
“You see the reaction of some of the players and it has definitely played a part – and Mourinho’s words have worked.”
Another former Reds Graeme Souness was also irritated by Chelsea’s gamesmanship, and that the red card was set to spoil the game.
“We had a great game of football going on there and it saddens me, and makes me angry at the same time, that gamesmanship is deciding these big games,” he said.
“It’s not a sending off, it is Oscar’s studs that are high. This has spoiled the game. It’s not about the best team winning it any more.
“If that’s what our game is coming to we need to sort it out and sort it out quickly.”
But surprisingly, Laurent Blanc’s men came from behind twice to tie the game at 2-2 in extra time, despite being one man down for most of the 120 minutes.
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