Emmanuel Petit's scathing criticism prompts Chelsea star to 'shut your mouth' and 'stay humble'

Marc Cucurella has been advised to refrain from taunting Erling Haaland after his comments came back to haunt the Chelsea player.

Chelsea were defeated 2-0 by Manchester City in their opening Premier League game of the season on Sunday, thanks to goals from Haaland and Mateo Kovacic.

The City striker easily outmuscled several Blues defenders including Cucurella to find the back of the net, which was especially noteworthy as the left-back had taunted his rival ahead of the new season.

During Spain’s Euro 2024 victory celebrations, the 26-year-old was filmed singing: ‘Cucu, Cucurella, he eats paella, Cucu, Cucurella he drinks Estrella, Haaland you’d better tremble as Cucurella is coming.’

Following the goal, the defender was quickly mocked by fans as well as Haaland who said post-match: ‘Cucurella is a funny man. Last season he asked for my shirt… and this summer he sings a song about me.’

Emmanuel Petit admits he found the situation ‘funny’ but has warned the Spaniard to keep quiet about rival players in the future, with the Chelsea icon telling Android Poker Apps:

‘Erling Haaland scoring against Marc Cucurella is probably karma. It reminds me of times before big games when I was playing and some players would say a lot in press conferences.

Erling Haaland caught strays from Marc Cucurella at Spain’s Euro 2024 celebrations 😅 pic.twitter.com/mszt77nFmP

‘In my teams, we always said never to talk big about a player before a game otherwise that could turn into a weapon against us. That talk could motivate the opposition’s player to perform even better, like it did to Haaland.

‘At the end of the day, people will say Cucurella got what he deserved and he’ll learn from it, but I found it funny.

‘Next time, don’t take the piss out of your opponent, shut your mouth, win the game and trophies and that’s it, stay humble.’

New season, same Haaland 🤷‍♂️

Man City take the lead at the Bridge! 💥 pic.twitter.com/3JuafuhioS

Cucurella isn’t the only Chelsea star to have spoken out and been slated for it, with Raheem Sterling under fire after releasing a statement after being excluded from the matchday squad to face City.

Sterling has asked for ‘clarity’ on his future at Stamford Bridge, though the statement has been branded as ‘ridiculous’ and selfish by the likes of Jamie Carragher.

But Petit thinks the England forward won’t be the last Chelsea player to express their unhappiness at the club.

‘This example with Raheem Sterling is going to happen in every game for Chelsea because they have so many players, someone is going to be left out,’ he added.

‘I’m pretty sure there will be a lot of unhappy players at the club because of the squad size. How can you make a first XI with a new manager, new philosophy and loads of new players?

‘The stability is not there, in the starting XI and on the bench. Sterling is the first example, many more cases will come.’

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