Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic has defended team mate Eden Hazard who was jeered off the pitch by a small section of fans in Wednesday’s last-16 Champions League defeat to French champions Paris St Germain.
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Languishing in 10th place in the Premier League, Chelsea will nearly certainly miss the Champions League next season for the first time since Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought the club in 2003.
And next season appears likely to be Chelsea’s first without Champions League football under the ownership of Roman Abramovich, who took over in 2003. Yeah, it should not be done, but in some countries it’s usual you do it, and not after the game.
“They’ve got a lot of work to do this summer, Chelsea”. He’s yet to net a Premier League goal this term, with his two strikes for the Blues coming in the FA Cup.
Costa’s substitution, coupled with Ibrahimovic’s goal seven minutes later, all ended hopes of a Chelsea comeback but the PSG forward does not believe the injury made big difference to the final result.
Hazard, like the majority of the season, was below par and came under heavy criticism from Chelsea fans on social media after being seen to swap shirts with Angel di Maria at half-time. “If we can repeat what we did against Chelsea we’ll probably have a good chance but we are still in a phase were we are progressing”.
“On the booing, he added: “[The fans] have the right to do what they want. We had enough to win the game.
“They have to see how they go on and try and regain the lost terrain where Chelsea used to be, that’s true”. We controlled the ball well and scored two goals when we found the space. “I’m not anxious about the future, because for me the future looks good after the season I’m doing”.
The Belgium global was the star performer for the Blues as they won the league title comfortably in the 2014/15 season, which saw him bag the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award.
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“We had three other players carrying injuries and In this kind of game, you have to be at your top level to qualify and need to be 100 per cent strong”.
