John Mikel Obi has admitted that Chelsea were disappointed to lose against Paris Saint-Germain, but achieved their aim of scoring an away goal against the Ligue 1 champions.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic opened scoring at the Parc des Princes, before Mikel Obi equalized from close range. But Edinson Cavani came off the bench to make it 2-1 and hand PSG a narrow advantage.
The Nigerian midfielder conceded the free-kick, that allowed Ibrahimovic put the French club in the lead.
“I had to fall in because he [Lucas] was going deeper and deeper into our 18-yard box,” Mikel told BT Sport. “I had to – if not get the ball – foul him, which I did. And then the free kick as well just skipped off my feet and went into the back of the net.
“But we came back strong as well, but we’re very disappointed to have lost the game.
“We know they’re a very good team. Our aim was to come out here and get a goal and we’ve done that tonight. We still have the second leg to play back home, so we have to take that back home and capitalise on that and make sure we build on that.”
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