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Liam Rosenior said a decision was still to be made over whether Chelsea will conduct their pre-match huddle around the ball before Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 second leg meeting with Paris St Germain at Stamford Bridge.It followed farcical scenes on Saturday when referee Paul Tierney found himself trapped in the middle ahead of kick-off before the Blues lost 1-0 to Newcastle.

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00:00And from maybe slightly disrespecting the ball boy to respecting the ball,
00:05you've heard the fallout after the huddle.
00:08Will you do it again?
00:11I think in terms of the huddle, I think it's been blown out of proportion, to be honest.
00:16It's a small, small thing amongst many, many serious things that we need to address,
00:21such as the massive game against PSG tomorrow.
00:23In terms of the huddle, the lads have always wanted to show unity and togetherness.
00:27I think they'll continue to do that.
00:29But what we don't want to do is antagonise or bring more noise on ourselves,
00:32and we'll make the decision on where we do that on the pitch tomorrow.
00:36Because there's obviously been people reacting in all aspects of the media, including social media.
00:42I saw you referred to by one WAG as Glenn Huddle.
00:47Is it a distraction to carry on doing it in the centre circle?
00:50I think it's a distraction for the media.
00:53For us, we never...
00:56The huddle was something the players wanted to show unity.
00:59They're a good group.
01:00We never wanted to antagonise anyone or create noise.
01:03The time to think, talk about it has stopped.
01:06We have a huge game against PSG tomorrow.
01:08We have an opportunity to do something really, really special.
01:11We know we need to be perfect, and I would rather focus on that.
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