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Liverpool legend, Jamie Carragher has told Mykhailo Mudryk he needs to borrow a leaf from teammate, Raheem Sterling.
Mudryk was one of the heroes for Chelsea, who booked a place in the Carabao Cup semi-finals on Tuesday night, with a penalty shootout win against Newcastle United.
The Ukrainian pounced on a late error by Kieran Trippier to equalise for Chelsea, and send the clash to a shootout. He also converted from the spot, as did Conor Gallagher, Christopher Nkunku and Cole Palmer.
Djordje Petrovic then pulled off an incredible save to deny Matt Ritchie from the spot after Trippier had sent his own effort wide earlier.
Mudryk’s equalising goal was his third for Chelsea this season, after he came in as a substitute in the second half, but Carragher has insisted that the 22-year-old needs to work on his reading of the game, and even argued that he should have been in the box when Malo Gusto’s cross fell to Trippier rather run in from outside like he did.
He told Sky Sports: “Mudryk I was thinking the first time the ball came into the box he wasn’t in there and this is a part of the game he has to learn. He is on the far side here and one of the best we have seen in the Premier League at getting in at the back post is Raheem Sterling, he needs to take a leaf out of his book.
“He should be attacking the ball, he doesn’t, and it gets cleared away by Newcastle and it’s interesting to watch his reaction. The wide men score so many goals in the Premier League, look at Salah’s numbers and players like that, but is he trying to find the ball? Not really. Is he trying to make an angle? No. These are part of the games he has to learn.
“[Then for the goal], still he’s walking. Kieran Trippier I think makes this mistake because normally a winger is coming in but he gets caught in two minds, not knowing whether to head it or to chest it down or clear it. If he had got body to body I don’t think he would have done that. He should be arriving on that Mudryk but he gets lucky to an extent.”