"We watched videos of Chelsea before the game and when we saw their game against Bayern Munich from last season's Champions League I couldn't remember seeing so many long balls in a match since I started watching football in the 1980s," said Carragher.
"No-one could accuse us of playing too direct last night. Our midfielders got the better of them. When you look at the quality they've got in Lampard, Essien and Makelele, I thought Xabi, Didi and Steven had the upper hand.
"I know it's an easy accusation to make against a side when you've a six foot seven striker, but we showed a lot of good quality all over the pitch.
"We've now got another option in Peter Crouch, but I'm not having it that we played it all long to him. We didn't.
"He's shown what quality he's got on the deck, anyway. I know Sven-Goran Eriksson was there last night and he'll have been impressed because I thought Crouchy was outstanding again. He's got to be favourite to wear that number nine shirt for England against Austria.
"We'll take a lot of confidence from the game because we feel we've played really well and could have won it.
"They've not scored against us in their last three games and the goals they did get last season were all from set pieces.
"I've got a lot of respect for their defenders and they are very hard to score against, but we know we've got nothing to fear."