Chelsea news: Ben Chilwell breaks silence after Real Madrid red card as Cucurella blamed | Football | Sport

“For me, Cucurella is at fault but that [the sending off] is even more at fault,” he said on CBS Sports’ coverage. “Don’t pull someone back and give a red card away. The reason you pay a goalkeeper is to do his job and to get you out of trouble defensively – that’s what he’s there for. Let him do his job.

“You’re then down to 10 men, he’s now going to miss the second leg, and it still would have been difficult for Rodrygo to score from there. Going down to 10 men could have completely taken them out of that tie.

“There’s still a glimmer of hope, but defensively from Cucurella that was really poor and then Chilwell, the second part of it, his positional play and also getting the red card – let your goalkeeper do his job!’”