Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior has come out to defend his selection of Filip Jørgensen against PSG. He recently had his say after the goalkeeper’s costly error in Wednesday’s 5-2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
Backing his decision to select the Denmark international, Rosenior disclosed that Jørgensen had to be rewarded for his brilliant performance against Aston Villa in the EPL.
He added that Filip isn’t the first one to make a mistake, and he immediately admitted his error in the dressing room.
His words, “Sánchez or Jørgensen? They have different qualities. Rob is outstanding from crosses and an outstanding shot-stopper.
Filip has amazing qualities too. One of the reasons we won at Aston Villa was because we were so calm in possession.
But players sometimes make mistakes. Filip isn’t the first one to make a mistake, that’s part of football, but he has put his hands up in the dressing-room.
But the fourth goal from [Khvicha] Kvaratskhelia was an unbelievable strike, no keeper in the world can get that.
The last 15-20 minutes were crazy, but that’s on me. We need to be better when setbacks happen, be calm and collected, and that didn’t happen.
It’s a painful one because we were in the tie for 75 minutes. We have shot ourselves in the foot, made the tie very difficult now and the fifth goal is the painful one.
In the Premier League, you don’t face the likes of [Ousmane] Dembélé, [Bradley] Barcola, [Désiré] Doué, Kvaratskhelia. PSG are an outstanding team, they are European champions, but we have to manage the game better.
We had to stay calm. Two goals makes it achievable, but three goals makes it very difficult now, but not impossible.”
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