Gary Neville defends Chelsea 'froze' claim and doubles down on 'bottle jobs' dig after Liverpool defeat

Gary Neville insists he doesn't want his "billion-pound bottle jobs" tag to stick with Chelsea but believes Mauricio Pochettino's side "froze" in extra time of their shock Carabao Cup final defeat to Liverpool.

Chelsea lost 1-0 to the Reds at Wembley on Sunday, with Reds captain Virgil van Dijk scoring a late goal. Despite Liverpool having several players out due to injuries, they managed to secure the win.

Neville criticised Chelsea for not taking advantage of Liverpool's weakened team, especially after Liverpool player Ryan Gravenberch was injured in the first half.

Pochettino responded to Neville's comments after the match, saying he was "proud" of his team's effort. However, Neville stood by his words on Monday Night Football, reiterating that he was disappointed with Chelsea's performance in extra time.

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Neville explained his feelings during the match, saying: "Look, I'm not going to sit and say that it was an instinctive commentary moment, well it was instinctive because I didn't know what was going to happen in extra time, but Peter did about 35 seconds after the goal, Carragher did about 25 seconds and I was getting angrier.

"If you hear my commentary during the extra time, I was getting angrier with Chelsea from the very first minute of extra time until two minutes to go because I could smell the fear in Chelsea from the very first minute of extra time when I said, 'Why are they sitting off them?' 'Why are they letting these young lads grow?; Carra's just mentioned it.

"And then Jurgen Klopp started to grow