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Posted On Feb 21 2016
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Guus Hiddink admitted he was jealous of the strength of the Paris Saint-Germain squad after Edinson Cavani stepped off the substitutes’ bench to grab his side’s victor against Chelsea.
Mikel brought down Lucas Moura five yards outside of the box for a free kick, and Zlatan hammered it home for the opener as it deflected off the midfielder. “It hurt a bit because the team was playing decently against a team with capacity to play”.
The 2-1 win will allow PSG a psychological edge, but Chelsea will be confident that they can get a positive result at home to knock out their French opponents and move on to the quarter-finals.
“Perhaps we can regret not getting that third goal, but we are more disappointed with conceding that goal just before half-time”.
The Blues famously overcame a 3-1 first-leg deficit against PSG in 2013/2014 courtesy of a dramatic Demba Ba victor, while also clawing their way back against Napoli in 2011-2012 after losing the first leg by two goals.
Two policemen, thought to be from the anti-riot unit, are seen aiming bottles towards supporters as they cheer the goal. We need to go the Stamford Bridge with the aim of scoring. We will have to show the same spirit we showed in the first leg. We want to impose our own game again, because we know Chelsea have some very talented attackers. “We have some weeks to prepare for this, and I hope everyone is on board for the second leg of this game”.
Courtois made a string of saves to keep Chelsea in contention heading into the second leg, and Spanish winger Pedro nearly spoiled the home celebrations in injury time with a rasping drive into the side netting.
“We emphasise on that, and emphasise a very good tactical defensive organisation, but on top of that we had some danger also”.
“The players did well, not just the four in defence”.
“I am very happy”.
PSG is unbeaten in domestic competition since March and in all competitions since a 1-0 reverse away to Real Madrid in the group stage on November 3 – a run of 23 games.
