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ISTANBUL. — Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho acknowledged that Wednesday night’s 1-1 draw against Galatasaray in Istanbul in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie had to go down as “an opportunity missed.”
The London club took an early lead through Fernando Torres at the Turk Telecom Arena, but they failed to capitalise on their good start and Galatasaray came back to equalise midway through the second half courtesy of Aurelien Chedjou.
That means the tie remains open ahead of next month’s return at Stamford Bridge, when it could have been over after half an hour in Istanbul. “The first half was an opportunity missed. The second half was a fair result,” Mourinho said.
“In the first half we were the better team. We had three or four chances, but then they put more pressure on us and we were more defensive.
“We were comfortable defensively but conceded a goal at a corner, which I don’t like (but) I think it was a fair result.”— AFP.
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