Rio Ferdinand says Antonio Rudiger will ‘regret’ actions after Chelsea’s defeat to Real Madrid

Rio Ferdinand believes Antonio Rudiger will regret his full-time reaction to Chelsea’s Champions League defeat to Real Madrid, having pushed David Alaba away when he tried to console him.

The Blues put on a superb display at the Bernabeu and appeared to be heading into the semi-final after taking a 3-0 lead (4-3 on aggregate) with Mason Mount, Rudiger and Timo Werner all getting on the scoresheet.

But a stunning assist from Luka Modric set up Rodrygo to send the match to extra-time before Karim Benzema – a week on from his hat-trick in west London – headed home to secure a 5-4 aggregate win.

Rudiger had spent the final exchanges of the match playing up front and when the full-time whistle was blown he was stood next to Alaba – who speaks German having spent over a decade at Bayern Munich.

The Real defender went to put his arms around Rudiger and say a few words to console him, but the Chelsea man pushed him away and stormed off, screaming and yelling before dropping to his knees.

Other Real players tried to shake hands with Rudiger but he remained furious on the ground and Ferdinand feels the Germany international may look back on his behaviour with regret – though he was glad to see the contract rebel show so much emotion and desire.

Reacting to the footage of Rudiger pushing away Alaba, Ferdinand said on BT Sport: ‘It’s emotional, man. And I don’t think he’d necessarily want to react like that or see those pictures.

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‘But the feeling there you can’t control it. We’ve all been there after big