FOOTBALL DAILY | Hat-trick hero Parrott strikes again, could Kelleher go to Chelsea? And Shels splash the cash
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Welcome along to Thursday's Football Daily. I'm Phil Egan. Coming up today, Troy Parrott scores a hat-trick for Azed Alkmaar, who had Ajax their joint worst defeat in 99 years. Arsenal take control of their League Cup semi-final against Chelsea, and Sadio Mane gets the better of former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah at the Africa Cup of Nations. But first today, Troy Parrott scored a hat-trick for Azed Alkmaar, who hammered Ajax 6-0 in the last 16 of the Dutch Cup. It was the Amsterdam club's joint worst result this century, and their worst in the Cup since 1927.
Now Ajax have to watch out for Parrot. And then it's 2-0. What is AZ then effective? Obusoduro also gets the compliments for an assist. AZ defends. And AZ scores twice.
Ireland boss Heimir Halgrimson was watching from the stands to see the Dubliners score to make it 19 goals this season for his club. Add in as well the five goals he got for Ireland and the famous wins over Portugal and Hungary. It was another blow for Ajax who are third in the Eredivisie, 16 points behind league leaders PSV. Ajax are 34th out of 36 in the Champions League phase with one win and five losses from their six matches so far. It's advantage Arsenal after the first leg of their League Cup semi-final against Chelsea. The Gunners won 3-2 at Stamford Bridge last night. Ben White, Victor Jokeres and Martin Zubamendi got the goals for Mikel Arteta's side. The Arsenal boss says the result was good, but it could have been better.
What impact did Troy Parrott's hat-trick have on Ajax?
It's very difficult to come to this place against such a team with the quality that they have in every department and do what we've done. In the best moment, they scored the goal. That obviously changed the game. Overall, very happy, but it could have been better.
It was the first goal from open play for Jokeres since the start of November. He says it was a tough game against their London rivals.
Tough game. We defended well. They were, as always, dangerous when they get counterattacks, but I think we defended well. Unfortunately, we conceded two, but I think offensively we scored threes. We're happy with that.
Last night was the first home game in charge for new Chelsea boss, Leymar Senior. He was disappointed with the goals they conceded, but he said there were positives to take from the game.
A strong start. I felt in the game, I felt we still have issues with our build and that will be something we'll work on and we will address as we go forward. But what I asked for from my team was energy, was fight. They didn't give up and we're still in a tie.
Rossini also didn't want to point the finger at goalkeeper Robert Sanchez, who had a night to forget. The Spaniard was at fault for the first two goals, but Rossini says he put his player in an uncomfortable position.
I'm asking Rob to do things that he hasn't done before. I said to him before the game, and I'll make this really clear, when my players make mistakes, I'm accountable. That's on me. He made a save in the second half that was absolutely world-class. That could have put us out of the tie.
On the football show last night, former League of Ireland striker Owen Doyle joined Owen Sheehan, and he teased that Queevin Kelleher could be the next in the door as Chelsea goalkeeper.
Sanchez, if Chelsea want to be title contenders in the next couple of years, is he going to be a goalkeeper that'll take them there? I don't think so no I think they need a better goalkeeper and for all the money they've spent I think I've said this to you on the show before for all the money they've spent probably their centre-backs and their goalkeepers is where they've been really weak and they're such important positions at least their centre-backs are young at least their centre-backs are young there's a bit of yeah course like of course
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