‘It was the kind of performance that I expected from Chelsea’published at 11:17 BST
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Bayern Munich 3-1 Chelsea
Pat Nevin
Former Chelsea winger on BBC Radio 5 Live
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Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin said the defeat to Bayern Munich was no surprise, suggesting the young Blues side still lacks the experience needed to compete at the very highest level.
“It was the kind of performance that I expected from Chelsea,” Nevin said on BBC Radio 5 Live. “A lot of people were saying beforehand that they were going to break into this competition, they are Club World Cup champions and all of that, but I was thinking, ‘steady on’.
“The jump you need to do to come to places like this is quite big and a number of players just don’t have that experience yet. They weren’t able to do it as a group today.
“It wasn’t quite men against boys, but Bayern Munich were certainly a good distance ahead of Chelsea here.
“The mistakes Chelsea made were quite naive and they were caught out, not just for the goals, but for a whole raft of chances aside from that. That’s what happens with young players playing in this competition, but they will learn from that.
“This level is elite. It is a jump. And that jump may take them a little while.”