UCL: Mendy blamed for Chelsea’s loss

Former Chelsea star Jason Cundy has blamed goalkeeper Edouard Mendy for allowing the Real Madrid goal that confirmed the Blues’ exit from the Champions League on Tuesday night in Spain.

They could not get the result they hoped for in the quarter-final second leg, as Real Madrid went through to the semi-finals.

After a 3-1 scoreline from the first leg at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea, led by Thomas Tuchel, made efforts to come back and reach the semi-finals.

The Blues were so close to achieving their dream before the Los Blancos found a way to scrape their way through.

Mason Mount, Antonio Rudiger and Timo Werner fire three goals in for the Blues, while Rodrygo scored a goal to pull the Spanish giants back level on aggregate before Karim Benzema sealed it 5-4 in extra-time.

Cundy told talkSPORT, “Real Madrid find a way to go through. The tie was lost at Stamford Bridge, that’s where we lost it.

“The third goal, the gift that Mendy gave them, ultimately is the goal that cost us.

“Benzema scored four goals in the tie, and one of them was an absolute gift [from Mendy].”