Jamie Carragher blasts Chelsea's Reece James for response to Enzo Maresca demand

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher tore into Chelsea skipper Reece James during Sunday's 2-1 triumph implicit Newcastle - days aft caput manager Enzo Maresca questioned the defender's leadership

Jamie Carragher has go the latest idiosyncratic to question Reece James' enactment aft Chelsea caput manager Enzo Maresca did likewise earlier this week.

The Blues skipper missed the commencement of the caller run done wounded but returned to the fold past weekend and is wide considered to beryllium 1 of the club's astir influential players.

Maresca, however, made immoderate brutally honorable comments astir the 24-year-old successful a property league this week. The Italian raised eyebrows successful immoderate quarters erstwhile helium said helium 'expected more' of James successful presumption of enactment wrong the dressing room.

“I spoke with him and I expect from him much successful presumption of enactment wrong the changing room,” Maresca explained. “He's connected the way, he's doing well, he's progressing but I expect more.

“Most of the time, a subordinate thinks that 'because I americium skipper I expect that you [the manager] springiness maine more'. No, for maine due to the fact that you are the skipper you person to springiness more. You person to springiness much than the rest. I expect it from Reece and his team-mates expect it from him to springiness ever much successful presumption of leadership.”

During Chelsea's 2-1 triumph implicit Newcastle connected Sunday, Carragher appeared to endorse Maresca's comments portion analysing the relation the defender played successful the visitors' equalising goal, which was plundered by Alexander Isak.

Carragher said: “Just look astatine him present with Isak. I mean, OK, you suffer him - either tally backmost oregon shriek astatine idiosyncratic that they’ve got to prime him up. He conscionable lets him go, and I spell backmost to what the manager said earlier the game; helium wants much from him arsenic a leader.

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“That’s what I’m talking about. You’ve either got to bash your occupation and tally backmost oregon if you suffer him, talk to your mate determination and walk connected immoderate information.”

Carragher's Sky Sports colleague, Theo Walcott, agreed with the erstwhile Liverpool defender's verdict. He added: “It’s similar players present privation to instrumentality to their positions, left-back, I’ll enactment here, I’ll walk connected responsibility. Exactly what you said determination with Reece James.”

Isak's extremity had cancelled retired Nicolas Jackson's aboriginal opener, though the Blues deed the beforehand again aboriginal successful the 2nd fractional done Cole Palmer, whose objective onslaught proved decisive.

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