COOKING ON GAZ

Neville bottle jobs jibe hurt but it has fired Blues up

- NEIL McLEMAN

CHELSEA’S Trevoh Chalobah has admitted the pain of losing the Carabao Cup final was made worse by biting criticism from Gary Neville.

But the Blues defender revealed heart-to-heart talks among the players and staff this week brought the club together before reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Conor Gallagher’s 90th-minute winner against Leeds kept alive Mauricio Pochettino’s side’s hopes of silverware this season.

The needed win followed the extra-time defeat to Liverpool at Wembley when Sky pundit Neville branded the Blues “billion-pound bottle jobs”.