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It would have by far been an easy game away at the Red Bull Arena, but Chelsea had to pull through to get the three points against RB Salzburg.
Chelsea started the game brightly, and the Blues were very dominant in the first-half but failed to take their chances, except Mateo Kovacic who struck cleanly in the 23rd minute.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang had the biggest chance on the day, but missed when placed one on one with the goalkeeper.
Asked if he was concerned by Chelsea’s wastefulness, particularly given that it is an issue which pre-dates him at the club, Potter replied: “I can’t comment on anything before I was here. All I can say is it’s good that we create chances and perform well.
“Then you back the quality of the players that the more they get there, the more chances we create, then the quality will come through. So it’s not so much of a concern.”
Other than that, Graham Potter was very pleased with his side’s performance, as he also said: “It’s not easy to win here as you can see from the record they have and the quality of the team.
“We had to play well and I thought we did. We created some good chances in the first half and were unlucky not to go more than 1-0 up.
“Then one action, with the quality at this level, and it’s 1-1. I thought out response was really good then so I am delighted to go through, delighted with the performance of the players: I thought they were fantastic tonight. To go through with a game to spare is brilliant considering where we started the competition.
“We’ve had a lot of games and a little bit of disruption in terms of some key players missing, but credit to the boys they’ve responded really well.
“They’ve picked up points in the Premier League and to go through like we have in the Champions League is a fantastic effort from everybody. We will take steps, it will not be a straight road, unfortunately. But we will take steps and tonight was one I think.”