But for Petr Čech, FC Shakhtar Donetsk felt they might have taken even more than a 2-1 win against Chelsea FC, with the goalkeeper shrugging off a poor night for the holders.
FC Shakhtar Donetsk did superbly to overcome the UEFA Champions League holders 2-1 in Group E, but the Pitmen's players felt it was only a heroic showing from Chelsea FC's Petr Čech that denied them a much more dramatic success, while the goalkeeper rued a rash of inexcusable mistakes from his side in Ukraine.
Tomáš Hübschman, Shakhtar midfielder
Chelsea thought they would get the points in Donetsk, but they couldn't do it. Petr Čech congratulated me after the match and said he was looking forward to meeting me again in London. I had chances to beat him, but he made a great save with the first while I couldn't make proper contact with the second. The Chelsea players know that they it would have been really hard for them to salvage something from this match. Yes, we lost a bit of our nerve when they scored at the end, but we deserved this win. We had more clear chances and held on.
Chelsea thought they would get the points in Donetsk, but they couldn't do it. Petr Čech congratulated me after the match and said he was looking forward to meeting me again in London. I had chances to beat him, but he made a great save with the first while I couldn't make proper contact with the second. The Chelsea players know that they it would have been really hard for them to salvage something from this match. Yes, we lost a bit of our nerve when they scored at the end, but we deserved this win. We had more clear chances and held on.
Now we must think about the visit to London. Chelsea will do their best to get a victory and please their fans. If they want to reach the next stage they need points in the next game. Obviously, they will play more attacking football than they did in Donetsk. I don't think we are almost through because we have only played three games and we have as many left. Every game in our group is very difficult. Nothing has been decided yet.
Henrik Mkhitaryan, Shakhtar midfielder
Mr Lucescu prepared us so well for this game. Everyone knows how strong Chelsea are. Fortunately, we got the early goal which is very important in a game against a side like this. After that, it was a lot easier as we had much more space to counterattack. We had more chances to score in the first half but we weren't lucky enough to do that. The Champions League is different from domestic competitions as we have to work much harder and be much more ruthless if we want to succeed. Our team is in very good form now but there is still a long way to go so we must go on the same way as tonight in this competition.
Mr Lucescu prepared us so well for this game. Everyone knows how strong Chelsea are. Fortunately, we got the early goal which is very important in a game against a side like this. After that, it was a lot easier as we had much more space to counterattack. We had more chances to score in the first half but we weren't lucky enough to do that. The Champions League is different from domestic competitions as we have to work much harder and be much more ruthless if we want to succeed. Our team is in very good form now but there is still a long way to go so we must go on the same way as tonight in this competition.
Olexandr Kucher, Shakhtar defender
We played good football: we created a lot of chances and were solid in defence. It went really well from the very start of the match, as we scored an early goal and controlled the game. After the break we continued to play our football. We dominated in the centre of the pitch and stuck to our gameplan. Our coach was very confident before the match and this confidence spread to the players. We showed our true quality and if it wasn't for Petr Čech, who saved Chelsea several times, it would have been much worse for them.
We played good football: we created a lot of chances and were solid in defence. It went really well from the very start of the match, as we scored an early goal and controlled the game. After the break we continued to play our football. We dominated in the centre of the pitch and stuck to our gameplan. Our coach was very confident before the match and this confidence spread to the players. We showed our true quality and if it wasn't for Petr Čech, who saved Chelsea several times, it would have been much worse for them.
by Bogdan Buga
from Donbass Arena
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