Essien praises PSG after Chelsea triumph


Ghana and Panathinaikos midfielder Michael Essien has conceded that in spite of the bolster he had for his previous club Chelsea over Paris Saint Germain in the Uefa Champions League round of 16 tie, the French goliaths turned out to be commendable victors on Wednesday.

Chelsea endured a 2-1 crush a fortnight back and required a triumph with two-objective edge to advance to the following stage however two objectives from Adrien Rabiot and Zlatan Ibrahimovic which were sandwiched by a Diego Costa's strike gave the guests another 2-1 triumph to cruise through on a 4-2 total.

"In spite of the fact that I needed Chelsea to win against Paris Saint Germain, I need to concede that the guests set up some awesome execution [which offered them some assistance with beating Chelsea]," Essien composed on Twitter."I wish them well in the following stage, well done," he included.

The triumph has seen PSG making it four progressive capabilities into the last eight while Chelsea bow out in a comparative way as a year ago under previous mentor Jose Mourinho.

Chelsea, now tenth on the Premier League log, are liable to pass up a major opportunity for next season's Champions League with 10 focuses behind fourth-set Manchester City with nine matches remaining.

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