Paul Merson flabbergasted by Chelsea method in semi-final: They need to be crying for not having a go

Paul Merson was left flabbergasted by Chelsea’s method within the 1-0 Carabao Cup semi-final second-leg defeat to Arsenal.

The Gunners claimed their place within the Carabao Cup remaining as Kai Havertz’s breakaway objective in stoppage time sealed a 1-0 win and a 4-2 victory on combination.

Liam Rosenior’s aspect, needing a objective to ship the tie to extra-time following the five-goal thriller at Stamford Bridge within the first leg, took a conservative method to maintain the sport tight going into the closing levels however hardly laid a glove on Arsenal.

Chelsea had 14 photographs however simply two on track to a backdrop of simply 0.68 anticipated objectives.

Merson mentioned: “I am flabbergasted. I can not consider what I’ve simply watched. Chelsea aren’t a bottom-five staff. They’ve World Cup winners.

“[Wesley] Fofana is crying. He ought to be crying as a result of they by no means had a go. They’ve gone out with a whimper in a semi-final. It hasn’t labored. Exit in a blaze of glory, do not exit like that.

“They performed in second gear. That is the semi-final of a cup.

“Chelsea have gotten the gamers to combine it with Arsenal. They usually did not have a go. In the event that they’d have misplaced the sport 3-0 however had shot after shot and Kepa was sensible and so they acquired damaged on 3 times, that is the way in which it’s.

“I’ve played in games like that where you come off and you think we just got beat and didn’t really have a go.”

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