Some Chelsea fans sharpen knives for one player during Brentford clash

Chelsea into the semi-final of the Carabao Cup

It wasn’t pretty, but a much-changed Chelsea found their way past a plucky Brentford side to book their place in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup, joining Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City in the final four.

Oh what fun it is to see Chelsea win away. 😉 🎶

— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC)

After a first half where they went in goalless, thanks largely to some heroics from Kepa, Thomas Tuchel began deploying his senior players, who ultimately took the game away from the Bees in the final quarter of the game.

First, Pontus Jansson turned past his own goalkeeper from a Trevoh Chalobah cross, before a Jorginho penalty put the game and result beyond doubt, and saw Chelsea into the next round.

All was not well among the Blues faithful, however.

Barkley hung out to dry

In what was a largely uneventful second half until the 70th minute, Chelsea fans sharpened their knives for one player in particular. The player in question? Ross Barkley.

The Englishman felt the fury of the Chelsea faithful as they took to Twitter in their droves to discuss his performance, and not in a positive light.

Kante in 3 minutes has already done more than Barkley all game

— Mäkaveli (@Mewithurchest)

kante done more in 30 seconds then Barkley has for 75 minutes

— Rayyan siars (@RSiars)

Barkley finally off thank fuck.

— nicci ♡ ⭐️⭐️ (@niccijane_cfc)

Finally Barkley is off, I can now turn the TV on

— iffy (@Irfan__CFC)

Barkley off

— ❄️ (@CfcKxmz_21)

How Tf did we ever give Barkley the same number as Lampard

— Eman sho⚽️ (@emanshoo)

Kante already done more than Barkley

— DinCFC (@DinCfc)

Barkley is preseason material…

— The Big Guy (@Iamte_to)

Kante has already outdone Barkley on the pitch with only 3miuntes of entry.

Barkley is not serious!

— Darku Nii Darko Jr (@Junior_Darku)

Barkley off and we score what a shock

— Acci (@Accccii)

Barkley off tv on

— ‍♀️ (@elena_xha)

3 youngsters out there yet it’s Barkley & Alonso who are making me lose confidence.

But we aren’t surprised.

— Alex Goldberg (@AlexGoldberg_)

Trying so hard to keep positive, but honestly please take Barkley off I cannot take watching him play anymore. Enough is enough. Vale > easily.

— Simon Phillips (@siphillipssport)

Ross Barkley is not even a footballer. Idgi

— AB (@AB_Spice)

Notice how Barkley comes off and we score

— SD (@saam_daay)

Barkley off and we scored. Should ve taken him off sooner

— SUB (@iu__SUB)

Respectfully, how is Ross Barkley approaching his 4th anniversary at Chelsea?

— Nischal Schwager-Patel (@Nischal_SP)

Does Barkley have a Chelsea future?

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