Stalemate disappoints Grant
20 Feb 2008 - 08:40:07
Chelsea manager Avram Grant admitted that he was a little disappointed with his side's performance in their Champions League goalless draw away to Olympiacos.
The Blues failed to find any spark in Greece, but snuffed out the home side to put themselves in pole position to go through to the quarter-finals of the competition.
Grant, who left both John Terry and Frank Lampard out of his starting line-up, said after the stalemate: "It was a game in which we played less well.
"The result is okay, although you always want to win. A draw away is not a bad result, but we didn't create a lot of chances and that was disappointing.
"It is not easy to play against Olympiacos, they are a very organised team. We will try to improve for the return leg."
Olympiacos coach Panagiotis Lemonis accepted that his side had rarely looked like troubling the Blues, but was hoping to still be able to cause a shock at Stamford Bridge.
He added: "We always knew it would be difficult for us once we got through from the group stages, but we found Chelsea very strong in defence.
"We will go to London and try to do the best we can, but we know it will not be easy against a team with such quality."