Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has asked Chelsea fans to reproduce just a fraction of the atmosphere Galatasaray supporters created during their tie in Istanbul on Wednesday, when the two teams return to Stamford Bridge in three weeks time.
Speaking to Sky Sports after the match 51-year-old said : “The performance of the players in a difficult place to play was amazing. I just ask for 10% of what this stadium gave Galatasaray when we play in three weeks.”
Chelsea took the lead at the when Fernando Torres was on hand to finish a low Cesar Azpilicueta cross.
However, they were unable to take the one-goal advantage back to Stamford Bridge, after Jon Terry failed to cut out Wesley Sneijder’s centre and Cameroonian defender Aurelien Chedjou tapped in from close range.
Mourinho believed Chelsea could have made more of their early pressure and should have extended their lead before the break.
He said: “The first half we had chances to kill game, I am not criticising our strikers but they had chances to get the second goal, and that would have changed the game.”
"In the second half they put pressure on us, they had attacking full-backs and powerful strikers, and they put pressure on us. Fernando Torres and Andre Schurrle were in trouble in the second half, they were a bit exhausted. But we were comfortable, until we conceded at the corner.”
Adding: "This is Turkish football, it's very emotional, Galatasaray are a big club with big players and it was not easy.”
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Mourinho was philosophical about taking a draw back to west London but admitted his team would not be taking anything for granted.
"I can't complain, we had problems with Mikel and Oscar, and the players we could not pick for the Champions League, but
"It's better to be 1-1 than 0-0, this result is better than the 0-0 we had in the first minute, it's not a bad result but they are an experienced team with good strikers and we will have work to do."
