""It's not easy to win against this team, Chelsea, with one less player," Flick said. "But I'm positive about the upcoming matches. We have three games left, and I'm confident we can win them. But we made some mistakes, we didn't keep possession, some players made errors. It wasn't enough, but there are positives: Raphinha is back, Marcus [Rashford] is playing well, we have to be positive."
""It will be very difficult to finish in the top eight, but anything is possible. We need to play aggressively. We have to fight harder and play more aggressively. "If you analyse the game, you have to see that we played with one less player and that has a big impact. You play better with one more player. For Chelsea, playing against 10 is a huge advantage."
"An own goal from Jules Kounde, along with strikes from Estevao and Liam Delap, settled the match for Chelsea, who also had three goals disallowed. Barcelona struggled to mount any real challenge against their hosts, especially after captain Ronald Araujo was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 44th minute. Before Tuesday's game, Barcelona had scored in each of their last 24 Champions League outings,"
Chelsea defeated Barcelona 3-0 courtesy of an own goal from Jules Kounde and strikes from Estevao and Liam Delap. Chelsea had three goals disallowed during the match. Barcelona struggled to mount a meaningful response after captain Ronald Araujo was sent off in the 44th minute for a second bookable offence. Before the game, Barcelona had scored in each of their last 24 Champions League outings. The Kounde own goal was the 10th conceded by Barcelona in the competition, a Champions League record. The defeat leaves Barcelona 15th in the league table and under pressure to secure qualification.
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