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Jamie Carragher has blasted Chelsea star Marc Cucurella (Picture: Getty)
Jamie Carragher has branded Chelsea star Marc Cucurella ’embarrassing’ after his double error in Sunday’s showdown against Tottenham.
Goals from Spurs duo Dominic Solanke and Dejan Kulusevski saw Chelsea trail 2-0 with just 11 minutes on the clock in north London.
Cucurella was partly at fault for both goals as the Spain international defender lost his footing and allowed his opponents to regain possession.
The 26-year-old ran to the touchline to change his boots after Kulusevski made it 2-0, which infuriated Sky Sports football pundit Carragher.
‘Cucurella’s coming to the bench, don’t blame anyone else – it’s your own fault son!’ Liverpool legend Carragher said on commentary duties.
‘Absolute schoolboy stuff. Embarrassing. He slips again. Look at him shrugging his shoulders. Did he not do a warm-up?’
Clinton Morrison, working as a pundit for the BBC, added: ‘It is brilliant. Cucurella is blaming his boots.
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Chelsea star Marc Cucurella was ‘blaming his boots’ (Picture: Getty)
‘Look at yourself, you are the professional player. But from Kulusevski, that is a brilliant finish.’
Chelsea signed Cucurella from Brighton in a deal worth over £60m in the summer of 2022 and he endured a tough start at Stamford Bridge
He faced lots of criticism from pundits, but has since turned his form around and has impressed this season under head coach Enzo Maresca.
Earlier this year, Cucurella took a swipe at the critics who ‘kept coming’ for him during his difficult spell when he first joined the club.
‘I had been at humbler teams before Chelsea and I got there at a time of change, a difficult time, with lots of players, lots of coaches,’ Cucurella told The Guardian.
‘It was [like it was] all my fault; they kept coming for me. People see the price and think you’re a machine that’s going to score 50 goals and provide 50 assists. That’s business between clubs: they agree [the fee], nothing to do with me.’
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