Chelsea manager, Enzo Maresca, has admitted that the early goal they conceded against Bayern Munich changed the game.
The Blues began their Champions League campaign with a 3-1 defeat to the Bundesliga champions on Wednesday night.
Trevor Chalobah’s own goal gave Bayern the lead, before Harry Kane doubled their advantage from the spot, after he was fouled by Moises Caicedo.
Although Cole Palmer pulled one back, Kane got on the scoresheet again for the German club.
Maresca, speaking to TNT Sports, said: “Overall the performance was quite good.
“We started well for 20 minutes and created two or three chances.
“When we conceded a goal we could have avoided the game changed a bit.
“We were in the game, we scored a goal. The decision [not to send off Jonathan Tah] was tough because it was more a red card than a yellow card. Even without that we started the second half well and created chances.
“Once we conceded the third goal the game changed again. We conceded a goal that killed the game. We were in the game until the end. With the penalty, the [non] red card, an own goal it becomes difficult.
“We can learn from this game. First of all, this kind of game needs you to play the right way for 95 minutes, not just for part of the game. At times we weren’t good enough.
“It was a good performance. Now it’s time to recover because in two games we have a tough game.”
