“We have to go there to attack and score because 90 minutes defending at the Nou Camp is an eternity”, said Fabregas, who played for Barca between 2011 and 2014.
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Chelsea took a second-half lead through the impressive Willian only to be pegged back by Lionel Messi’s first ever goal against the Blues following a mistake from young defender Andreas Christensen.
After the fixture, the youngster was interviewed by TV3 Sport, where he talked about the error that changed the complexion of the game.
“I think we were very close to playing a flawless game”, Conte said.
He realized that, despite Eden Hazard and other elite players, Chelsea doesn’t have what it takes to play directly at Barcelona; few teams do.
“I think it was a great performance, an incredible performance”, added Conte. You go to lose the game, not only 1-0 or 2-0, but like it happens in Spain.
“I hope to see this type of performance for a long time – against Hull he played a fantastic game, tonight he played a fantastic game”.
“There is still a lot to play for and it will be an interesting game, we know it’s going to be tough but our performance showed what we are capable of doing and we will try our best to qualify”.
“I trust Christensen. I think this player is the present and also for the future for Chelsea”.
Meanwhile, Chelsea goalscorer Willian said they must go on the attack at Nou Camp next month to have any chance of reaching the quarter finals.
“We failed to create clear-cut chances despite having domination of the game”.
‘That’s the past. We must be focused for United and to prepare in the right way, because they’re a very strong team with fantastic players. “Aside from this passage of play, Chelsea very almost did play the ideal game”.
“They didn’t make as many passes as us, but they pressed high and made it hard for us”.
“We will have to take all the positive things and put in an extra shift in Barcelona because it will be even more hard”.
“When Chelsea pressed high they gave Barcelona problems and they got the crowd involved as well”.
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Lionel Messi finally broke his 730 minute, nine game duck against Chelsea on Tuesday evening and Barcelona’s official Twitter account posted the ideal message, just seconds after he found the net.
