Chelsea boss Frank Lampard has explained why Chelsea failed to score against Real Madrid despite having 17 shots on goal.

“It’s not for the want of trying,” Lampard said.

“We had lots of crosses and lots of players in good positions so I will never criticise the lads for that – it’s just the fact that if they took any of those chances. If the tie went to 2-1 at any point, you really would have felt the crowd turn.

“We were playing world-class opposition there and we were, for me, the better team and had chances.

“It’s the first game since I’ve been back that I’ve seen the things and we’ve really been implementing them – and that’s something that we want to continue for the rest of the season.

“Now that standard cannot drop. That’s the one message, once the dust settles on this, in-house.”