Ousmane Dembele has shared how PSG’s refusal to defend the score is the exact brand of resilience, something that is currently missing from Liam Rosenior’s Chelsea side.
Chelsea face a difficult task at Stamford Bridge to overturn the three-goal deficit, with Paris Saint-Germain’s lethal front line needing to be kept at bay.
Arne Slot shared the belief that Chelsea didn’t deserve to lose 5-2 to PSG, as the last fifteen minutes threw the tie away for the Blues.
And the clash with Newcastle United won’t have helped things, further displaying the defensive frailties under Liam Rosenior at this moment in time.
It’s a mindset issue at times, too many tactical tweaks, but there is a solution.
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Ousmane Dembele shares Paris Saint-Germain’s tactics
Speaking ahead of Paris Saint-Germain’s clash with Chelsea, Ousmane Dembele has shared his side’s game plan for the return leg at Stamford Bridge.
“Our mentality is always to win the matches. We can’t stay in our last twenty meters trying to defend a score. We have three goals ahead but we will continue to attack, with the will to win.
“As the coach said, the word “resilience” is the one that best qualifies our team. We always want to give ourselves 100%.”
Luis Enrique brought up the same thing after the first leg, stating that after Chelsea equalised, PSG still played the same way and it worked out for them.
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This is where Liam Rosenior is going wrong at Chelsea
Ousmane Dembele’s warning that elite teams can’t stay in the last twenty minutes trying to defend a score exposes one of Liam Rosenior’s tactical struggles. Too often, we see an over-reliance on reactive, mid-game tinkering that disrupts his own team’s rhythm.
While Dembele champions a relentless, fixed identity, Rosenior has become increasingly reactive this season, frequently abandoning his Plan A at the first sign of pressure.
A clear example of this occurred in the 1-0 loss to Newcastle, where Rosenior admitted he spent the match trying to find different tactical solutions rather than trusting the possession-based system.
Another example is the switching to five at the back, using Reece James at centre-back and Liam Delap out wide. These are all examples of constant changes that don’t allow for consistency.
PSG play one way and it brings them success, no matter the opposition.
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