PSG were ‘unstable’ following our nervous start – Chelsea boss Hiddink

Gary Cahill is confident Chelsea can cope in the absence of injured captain John Terry.

Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink believes that their Champions League Round of 16 tie with Paris Saint-Germain is still evenly poised despite losing 2-1 on Tuesday.

Michael Ballack has identified Cesc Fabregas as the Chelsea player who consistently impresses him. “We must not go into a situation where he will drop back in injury”.

“It hurt a bit because the team were playing decently against a team with capacity to play”.

“Everyone could see this PSG likes to play football”.

While the away goal gives the Blues a lifeline in the match, PSG will be favourites to make it two out of two and advance past the Pensioners as they did last season.

The midfielder deflected Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s strike from the resultant free-kick for PSG’s first goal.

According to ESPN, Mikel is adamant that the away goal they scored will help them in the return leg which will be played in London. “But we are still in the race”.

“There are some weeks to prepare for it and I hope everyone is on board for the second leg”.

“Over two legs, it is important you have the away goal”.

I think it’s still 50-50.

The defensive midfielder is not known for his goalscoring ability but he smashed home Diego Costa’s near-post header from inside the box to draw Chelsea level.

“The players did well, not just the four defenders”, Hiddink said. We really want to win this competition, ‘ he said. The first goal was a big deflection from me and my foul that I committed.

“We know they’re a very good team and our aim was to come out here and get a goal and we’ve done that tonight”.

Ivanovic reckons Chelsea must keep a clean sheet to advance.

“We are confident”, he said.

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois made a number of fine saves before being beaten by Cavani and PSG may rue not adding to their tally.

“It is hard to play them”.

“We won the first leg and now have an advantage, so we can be satisfied”, Matuidi told Le Parisien. Unfortunately we failed to score more and we conceded that goal just before half-time.