UCL: Rudiger blames Chelsea teammates over defeat

Chelsea star Antonio Rudiger has blamed his teammates after they suffered defeat to Real Madrid in the UCL on Tuesday night.

The Blues won the match in Spain with a 3-2 scoreline but were unable to progress to the semi-finals, having been beaten 3-1 at Stamford Bridge in the reverse fixture.

This made it 5-4 on aggregate and they might have to end this season without a trophy.

Rudiger said it was some mistake by the Blues that saw them crash out, but also reserved praise for his teammates for such a performance on the night.

“The positive is we didn’t give up,” he said at the post-match press conference.

“Not many teams can dominate as we did. But it is over the two legs, if you make these mistakes that we do, you get punished.

“The game plan was to find our no 10s with Ruben and Mason between Casemiro, we got the goal and we controlled it. We didn’t panic and did it quite well. In the second half, we scored goals and we did everything we could.

“It was a do or die for us. I think before the game, nobody thought we would have a 3-0 but the individual class comes to light with Modric and Benzema. Now we are here.”