Gary Neville could not believe what he was seeing from one Chelsea player today in the Blues’ 1-0 loss to Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final.
Gary Neville was commentating on the game for Sky Sports (25/02/2024 at 16:37) and did not hold back when it came to Moises Caicedo‘s performance.
The Manchester United legend claimed that the midfielder was shocking on the ball at times and has been since he joined Chelsea last summer.
The Blues broke their transfer record to bring Caicedo in from Brighton & Hove Albion.
With the club losing today’s final and 11th in the Premier League, though, their large spending is yet to be justified.
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Gary Neville unimpressed with Moises Caicedo when in possession
Neville feels Chelsea fans are not seeing the Caicedo who everyone used to watch at Brighton.
On the 22-year-old, he said: “At Brighton, you thought that he was actually quite good on the ball, but you watch him here at Chelsea, absolutely shocking at times in possession.”
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Moises Caicedo disappointed in cup final
It certainly was a game to forget for Caicedo, who could have been sent off in the first half for a poor challenge on Ryan Gravenberch, which resulted in the Dutchman having to be stretchered off.
The Ecuador international was not the only Chelsea player who did not play well, though. There were ones and twos all over the pitch.
In the final third, some of the finishing was bad, with Conor Gallagher failing to put away a couple of good opportunities.
The critics are going to be out now, especially for an individual like Caicedo, whom Chelsea spent so much money to bring to Stamford Bridge.
The former Brighton man and his team-mates really need to find some consistency between now and the end of the season. However, with not much to play for, they could easily struggle to find the motivation to.
