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”Mistakes cost Chelsea Champions League quarter-finals place”

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has said individual mistakes cost Chelsea Champions League quarter-finals place. Barcelona dumped the Premier League Champions out of the Europe’s elite…

Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has said individual mistakes cost Chelsea Champions League quarter-finals place.

Barcelona dumped the Premier League Champions out of the Europe’s elite league last night with a 4-1 aggregate win.

Courtois told BT Sport: "I don’t think we deserve to be out, but individual mistakes cost us in both legs.

"The first goal… I didn’t expect Lionel Messi to shoot from that angle and I was too late in closing my legs. It was a mistake on my part.

"The weakest point is between the legs of a goalkeeper. It is annoying. I cannot hide inside, I have to be a man and come out."

Former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton told BBC Radio 5 live that Conte’s main irritation would be the manner of the first Barcelona goal.

"The frustration will be that there was all the talk was of this perfect performance [that was needed] and it unravelled so quickly with such a poor first goal with the error that Thibaut Courtois made," he said.

"You can’t make mistakes like that against Bury, never mind Barcelona.

"You get brutally exposed at this level by the top sides."

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