Chelsea star Thiago Silva has subtly criticised the transfer decisions made by Todd Boehly following the Blues' Champions League exit at the hands of Real Madrid. The veteran defender has been forced to watch the majority of the last few months from the stands after picking up a knee injury at the end of February, but he returned in time to play 166 minutes across both legs of Chelsea's quarter-final tie with Madrid.
Despite the experience and ability of Silva, there was virtually nothing he could do to prevent the four goals fired in by Carlo Ancelotti's side over the course of the tie. The defeat to Los Blancos was Frank Lampard's fourth since arriving in a temporary role at Chelsea, where the interim boss has watched his team score just once.
On the whole, the performance from Chelsea at Stamford Bridge was filled with guts and guile, particularly the first half, but ultimately the Blues came up short again with similar problems as their faltering attack once again failed to fire.
