Ibrahomovic broke the deadlock in the 39 minute when his free-kick took a deflection off John Obi Mikel in the wall that bamboozled Courtois.
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Substitute Edinson Cavani won it for the French outfit, but the value of that away goal means the second leg could be wide open.
The London side travelled to Paris for the first leg of the last 16 tie, but a strong showing from the home side ensured the win, which will put the pressure on the Blues for the return leg.
“I think it’s still 50-50”, Hiddink said.
A deserved win for PSG, who dominated possession, but plenty of positives for Chelsea ahead of the second leg, and more importantly, a lifeline to continue dreaming.
“Scoring away is always good and we emphasise that”.
“It’s not a dramatic loss”.
Chelsea welcome PSG to Stamford Bridge on March 9, with crucial games against Manchester City in the FA Cup and Southampton in the Premier League in the meantime.
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“But we came back strong as well, but we’re very disappointed to have lost the game”.
“The players did well, not just the four defenders”, Hiddink said.
In the other game on Tuesday night, Jonas struck with a stoppage-time header to end 90 minutes of frustration for Benfica as they beat an ultra-cautious Zenit St Petersburg 1-0 at home in their first leg tie. Now we have an away goal and hopefully we can capitalise on that at home.
This was after the PSG dominated the better part of the match and should have scored more goals.
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He added: “I don’t think Chelsea will change their approach for the second leg. Neither will we”. Apart from a couple of times with our final ball on the counter when we were poor, I’m relatively satisfied with the performance.
