Chelsea manager criticised his team's sloppy defending and lack of a cutting edge after they went down 3-1 to Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final
Dejected Chelsea players look on after conceding a second goal against PSG at Parc des Princes. Pic/Getty Images
Paris: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho criticised his team's sloppy defending and lack of a cutting edge after they went down 3-1 to Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg on Wednesday.
Dejected Chelsea players look on after conceding a second goal against PSG at Parc des Princes. Pic/Getty Images
The Premier League side recovered from the loss of an early ezequiel Lavezzi goal to equalise courtesy of an eden Hazard penalty just before the half-hour mark and the Belgian also struck the post before half-time.
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However, PSG seized the initiative again in the second period and a David Luiz own goal put them back in front before Javier Pastore's stoppage-time effort handed the Ligue 1 leaders a potentially decisive two-goal advantage heading into next Tuesday's return at Stamford Bridge.
"I think by the strategical point of view the team had great discipline, and the most difficult things to do in the game they did very well," said Mourinho, who is looking to become the first coach to win the european Cup with three different clubs following previous triumphs with Porto and Inter Milan.
"They stopped (Zlatan) Ibrahimovic. (edinson) Cavani was under control. The positional play from (Thiago) Motta and (Marco) Verratti in the centre of the pitch was completely under control.
"But we couldn't transform the half-chances that we created into goals and on top of that we made defensive mistakes, individual defensive mistakes. So we paid the price."
The opening goal came from a poor defensive header by Chelsea captain John Terry while David Luiz gave away the free-kick which led to his own goal and goalkeeper Petr Cech was beaten at his near post for Pastore's third.
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