Why Chelsea have nothing to fear against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League

Chelsea face PSG in the last 16 of the Champions League

 

PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN are nothing to fear for Chelsea, according to the club's former winger Pat Nevin.

 

Chelsea drew the French champions in the last 16 of the Champions League.

PSG knocked Chelsea out in quarter-finals last season despite having Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent off just 30 minutes into the second leg.

The Parisians took Chelsea to extra time before Thiago Silva scored the winning goal of the tie.

 

And the Blues are in desperate form in the Premier League, suffering their ninth defeat of the season away at Leicester last night, and sit 16th in table just a point above the relegation zone.

Europe has, however, offered something of a respite for Jose Mourinho's side with them topping Group G.

And Nevin believes if PSG, currently running away with Ligue 1, played in England they would find it tough.

 

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has fired PSG clear in France

"The gap in the final results between Chelsea and PSG over the past two ties has been miniscule, nothing more than away goals and I suspect it will be the same again," Nevin wrote in his column on the Chelsea website.

"What I would argue is that it is nothing to truly fear if we can raise our game to something approaching its best. 

"They may be cruising the French League, but there has been a noticeable drop in standard over there in the past few years. 

"I suspect if PSG were in the Premier League they would be suffering the upsets from the likes of Stoke City and Bournemouth just like the rest of us. 

"Keeping the two competitions separate in our minds might be a good idea, if it is at all possible to do so."