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Chelsea been made to pay for poor attacking record, says Carragher

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Jamie Carragher has highlighted Chelsea’s poor goalscoring record in Champions League semi-finals after they lost 3-1 on aggregate to Atletico Madrid. The Blues also exited the competition at the same stage in 2005 and 2007 and Carragher was unimpressed with their attacking on each occasion.

The Sky Sports pundit said: “Think of the attacking talent at Chelsea. But they’ve scored two goals in six Champions League semi-finals. They had an off night defensively and didn’t have enough creativity.” Carragher also said he believed the decision to take Samuel Eto’o off in the 54th minute was a costly one from Jose Mourinho. 

He said: “I thought it was a bit early to go two up front and leave two in midfield. It had been a tight game. I thought Mourinho had patience in these big games but I think he went a bit early with the substitution.”

Atletico Madrid, who were the victors last night over Chelsea, have now booked a place in the Champions League final against rivals Real Madrid.

By Charlie Gregory

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