Chelsea were dismantled 5-2 by Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League last 16 first leg, and Jamie Carragher didn't hold back in his criticism of the Blues
PARIS, FRANCE - MARCH 11: Chelsea goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 First Leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Chelsea FC at Parc des Princes stadium on March 11, 2026 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)
Chelsea's goalkeeping problems have continued(Image: Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)
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Jamie Carragher has claimed that Chelsea are a 'million miles off' winning either the Premier League or Champions League - and will remain so until they resolve their goalkeeping crisis. The Blues suffered a 5-2 loss away to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League round of 16 on Wednesday, giving themselves a mountain to climb in the second leg.
Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior changed his starting goalkeeper for the third game running, as Filip Jorgensen was preferred to Robert Sanchez. The Denmark international didn't do much to repay his manager's faith, though, making the error for PSG's crucial third goal before wasn't strong enough to keep out their fifth.
After the final whistle, Carragher slammed the Blues' recruitment and believes that Rosenior won't be successful until he's found a reliable goalkeeper. "I've been critical of Chelsea for a long time," the Liverpool legend said on CBS Sports. "But I'm being deadly serious, they can't go any further until they sort the goalkeeping issue out.
"I've been saying this consistently. The new ownership have come in and spent absolute billions and right now they've got some great players in the team and I think in these early stages Liam Rosenior has been brilliant.
"I thought Rosenior as a manager tonight, looking at how he set the team up, caused PSG real problems, they didn't deserve to lose as in the way the game was set up and how they played. But big mistakes cost them at centre-back and goalkeeper.
"That has been an issue and will continue to be an issue for any Chelsea manager going forward when they're trying to win the Premier League and Champions League because they're a million miles off it. That's why they lost tonight, not because they haven't got great attacking players or the manager knows what he's doing, tactically they were fantastic tonight.
"They were let down by a mistake from the goalkeeper at 2-2 and then the game just completely unravelled and now all of a sudden it looks like they've got no chance of going through."
Chelsea's Danish goalkeeper #12 Filip Jorgensen (L) reacts after conceding his side's second goal by Paris Saint-Germain's French forward #10 Ousmane Dembele (R) during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Chelsea at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on March 11, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
Chelsea's Danish goalkeeper #12 Filip Jorgensen (L) reacts after conceding his side's second goal by Paris Saint-Germain's French forward #10 Ousmane Dembele (R) during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 first leg football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Chelsea at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on March 11, 2026. (Photo by Alain JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)
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After Sanchez started Chelsea's extra-time victory over Wrexham in the FA Cup, Jorgensen got the nod in Paris. But the 23-year-old's place is likely to be under threat once again when the Blues welcome Newcastle to Stamford Bridge on Saturday before the second leg next Tuesday.
Rosenior leapt to Jorgensen's defence in his post-match press conference, saying: "Players make mistakes. Filip's not the first one and that's part of football. Credit to him, he held his hands up in the dressing room.
"I make mistakes. Everybody makes mistakes. Sometimes they're more costly. This is one of those moments. What we have to do for Rob and for Filip and for all of the players is look after each other. This is a big test of our character."