Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says his team paid the price for missing chances following a 1-1 draw at Galatasaray in the Champions League last 16. The Blues looked set to win the match after Fernando Torres scored early in the game but they conceded a second-half goal which makes the return leg difficult. "Some other teams have three chances and score three goals. We have five and score one," said Mourinho. "That's not a critique of the strikers but it's the profile of the team we have."
Chelsea dominated the first half at the Turk Telecom Arena but failed to double their advantage before the interval. Galatasaray equalised through Aurelien Chedjou in the second half, leaving the tie in balance ahead of the return leg at Stamford Bridge. "We create but when we arrive in the final third of the pitch, the correct pass and right movement is something we don't have," said Mourinho. "We are paying for that, in the Premier League we are losing points and in the Champions League we could have had a different result."
However, Mourinho described the result in Turkey was "acceptable". "In the first half it was an opportunity missed, in the second half it was a fair result. In the first half we were the best team, we had three or four chances where we should have been more effective and scored," he said. "In the second half, they put more pressure on us and we were more defensive. We were comfortable defensively but we conceded a goal from a corner, which I don't like and the players don't like."
Chelsea are still favourites to qualify, they are 1/6 at Bet365 to advance to the next round while Galatasaray are 6/1 to break into the quarter finals.
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