8-2 Defeat! John Terry slams Chelsea for heavy Champions League exit

Chelsea legend John Terry has called out his former club after they were embarrassed and dumped out of the Champions League by defending champions Paris Saint-Germain.

PSG were unstoppable over two legs, condemning Chelsea to an embarrassing 8-2 aggregate scoreline. The Premier League side lost 5-2 at Parc des Princes in the first leg of their tie and then slumped to a 3-0 loss at Stamford Bridge in the return fixture.

The 8-2 scoreline is Chelsea’s worst ever aggregate defeat in the knockout stages of the Champions League and this has raised eyebrows over the team ability to play against top teams.

Chelsea players pose for a team photograph prior to the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Round of 16 Second Leg match against Paris Saint-Germain. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Terry did not hold back when sharing his thoughts on the team, saying: “Unfortunately that is the end. You know what does it for me? Being 3-2 down away to PSG and we actually played really well the whole game, or for 70 minutes of it. I’m going 3-2 we’ll take that all day long going back to the Bridge, I fancy us against anyone to be able to turn that around and then we go and concede late goals to make it really difficult.

“And then last night [Tuesday] we go and concede after six minutes so everything about last night, I can’t even talk about it. I can’t even actually go into the detail of it. I’m so frustrated. But against any team you cannot lose 8-2 over two legs. I’m sorry, you can’t. I don’t care who you are, what team you are, you cannot lose 8-2, so really frustrating.”

Despite the heavy defeat, Chelsea manager Liam Rosenoir called on his team to show some resilience to ensure the result doesn’t have a negative impact on the rest of their season.

He said: “Yeah, it has to. That’s my job. How I go about that is how we always go about it. We need to be resilient. We need to make sure we go to Everton with an organisation, with a freshness and intensity in our team because we want to be in this competition next season. And if we perform how I know we can, we can get there without the individual mistakes that we’re making at the moment.”

Chelsea have now lost their last three games in all competitions, meaning they must get a positive result this weekend when they face Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium.