Chelsea face Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last-16 on Wednesday night
20:13, 10 Mar 2026
Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior
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Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior
Liam Rosenior has warned his Chelsea players they must keep their heads and discipline as they take on the “world-class” Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 on Wednesday evening.
The Blues go to Parc des Princes for the first leg, before next week’s decisive game at Stamford Bridge, less than eight months after Chelsea beat the Champions League winners 3-0 to become world champions.
PSG have come in for a lot of criticism following their defeat to Monaco last Friday but the French champions are still top of the Ligue 1 table.
Rosenior, who is returning to France just over two months after leaving Strasbourg to join Chelsea, believes the recent negative talk about PSG comes as part of the territory.
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“I think PSG was so good last year,” said Rosenior. “Obviously I was here in this country witnessing them go through their journey to win the Champions League and I was admiring it.
“When you have success, people want to knock you down and that's normal, that's a part of life. I'm sensing that here at Chelsea as well since I've become the manager here. When you are a top-level club, when things aren't going so well, they will speak about it more.
“I won't speak about the difference between now and then. What I will say in terms of the quality of the team, in terms of the quality of the opposition manager, they're world-class and it would be crazy to not expect anything else. I expect a very difficult challenge tactically, physically, technically, because they have some world-class players. They have a world-class manager, we have world-class players.
“I think it's going to be a great game for the neutral. We have to remember it's a two-legged game and we have to make sure we have discipline and focus in terms of that aspect. In terms of a draw, I think it makes for an exciting game for the neutral.”
Rosenior was in no mood to give any clues over who he would start in goal for Chelsea in Paris after Robert Sanchez was dropped for last week’s win at Aston Villa.
Filip Jorgensen impressed in the victory at Villa Park, while Sanchez looked shaky a few days later at Wrexham.
When asked if he would reveal who would start in goal for the Blues, the head coach said: “No, of course not. With this squad, every position is a difficult position. That's how it has to be for us to be successful. We have a fantastic squad, top players. Not even just the starting XI, making a decision who's on the bench is difficult.
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“That's the job that I'm here to do. We'll make that decision in terms of the goalkeeping position, in terms of the No.9 or No.10 or No.7 position. I've said before, for me, the goalkeeper position is no different to an outfield position. I will pick what I think is the right choice for each game. You'll see what decision I make tomorrow on the team sheet.”