• Champions League

Cahill 'ridiculously disappointed' with CL debut

ESPN staff
February 22, 2012
Gary Cahill: 'It was bread and butter things that went wrong' © Getty Images
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Gary Cahill feels that Chelsea were their own worst enemy during the 3-1 Champions League defeat against Napoli on Tuesday.

The Blues took the lead through Juan Mata, but their creaky defence - missing the injured John Terry - was unable to withstand the potent attacking threat offered by the hosts in the last-16, first leg clash.

And Cahill, performing in the competition for the first time, admits that his own performance left plenty to be desired. "I'm ridiculously disappointed," Cahill said. "Disappointed with the result, the night, the Champions League debut. So it was a pretty low night for myself, actually.

"It started off brilliantly. We were frustrating them early doors, they made a mistake and we got the goal. For some reason, it seemed really open after that instead of really solid. We should have shut the door, made everything really compact and gone in at half-time 1-0 up, but it wasn't to be. I think we were too easily cut open.

"The goals came from a lot of long balls, which is bread and butter for people like myself. If we were getting caught open it might be different, but it was bread and butter things that went wrong. They had good players all around the pitch, but I think we made their job a little bit easier."

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