Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher can understand Brendan Rodgers' team selection for defeat at Champions League opponents Real Madrid.
Carragher wrote in the Daily Mail: "Brendan Rodgers felt the Chelsea game would be the biggest of Liverpool's week. After an extraordinary night in Madrid on Tuesday, it has now become bigger than even he could have imagined.
"It turned out to be a game that will live in the memory but not for the reasons anyone hoped would be the case. The team sheet that Rodgers handed in before kick-off - and the relentless debate that followed - has seen to that.
"Rodgers has received some scathing criticism for making seven changes but I am not going to join the chorus of disapproval. Some of his decisions I didn't agree with, others I could completely understand. This is how I saw it."
