​Steven Gerrard has expressed his surprise that Jeremy Mathieu is "wearing the Barcelona shirt" after a "nightmare" first half display against Juventus in Tuesday night's 3-0 Champions League quarter-final defeat.





The left-back was withdrawn at half-time having struggled to cope with Juventus' quick counter attacking, and was arguably at fault for Paulo Dybala's opening goal.





Dybala went on to score another, giving the hosts a 2-0 half-time lead, before Giorgio Chiellini headed home a corner in the second half to complete the scoring.

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Barcelona were suspect defensively, as they have often been this season, and Mathieu was singled out by Gerrard and his fellow BT Sport pundits as one of the weak links.





“Mathieu got took off at half-time. He had an absolute nightmare first 45 minutes," Gerrard said - via ​Squawka. “We’re wondering how he’s wearing the Barcelona shirt. He’s miles off it."





Ian Wright added: “There’s a few of them. If players like that are playing in the second leg, Juventus have got to fancy it – [Andre] Gomes, Mathieu… I don’t fancy the goalkeeper [Marc-Andre ter Stegen].”

Mathieu failed to win a tackle or make an interception against Juventus, and won just one aerial duel.





The 33-year-old Frenchman has appeared 16 times in all competitions for Barcelona so far this season, filling in at both left-back and centre-back. Mathieu joined the La Liga champions from Valencia in 2014 for €20m.

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