Liam Rosenior admits Chelsea paid price for ‘crazy’ end to first leg at PSG

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Credit: UEFA.Liam Rosenior admitted Chelsea shot themselves in the foot after their Champions League hopes were shredded by a late capitulation against Paris St Germain.A 5-2 defeat in the Parc des Princes leaves the Blues facing a likely last-16 exit in a week’s time but the manner of the loss was painful.They had twice recovered from a goal down and looked like surviving an intriguing match with a draw when, in the 74th minute, Filip Jorgensen’s pass was cut out easily by Bradley Barcola, substitute Khvicha Kvaratskhelia squared it and Vitinha chipped the stranded goalkeeper.

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00:00Hi Liam, was it almost the tale of two matches, maybe one up until 74 minutes then, that sort of

00:05indiscipline and collapse afterwards?

00:07Yes, a very disappointing result and in the evening where for much of the game, I was really, really happy

00:15with our performance.

00:16The last 15, 20 minutes are crazy in many aspects and that's on me.

00:23We need to be better in moments, setbacks, mistakes happen, but you have to stay calm in a moment, me

00:29included.

00:29And we didn't and we were punished by a very good team, which makes the scoreline, it's a painful one

00:36because we were for 75 minutes way in the tie and in the game itself.

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