Fofana rues 'too many mistakes' as Chelsea punished for risky approach

Chelsea were punished by Paris Saint-Germain in a 5-2 Champions League defeat, conceding three late goals after twice equalising and leaving themselves with a mountain to climb for the second leg at Stamford Bridge. Wesley Fofana laid the blame on defensive lapses: "At this level, you don't have the right to make these kinds of mistakes," he said.

"We are making gross errors. We go to press at the end and we concede the fifth. We made too many mistakes and they punished us. Paris is a great team." He added that the squad remained committed to an expansive approach: "We don't hide, we take a lot of risks on the ball exits.

We are all in agreement to play like this." That strategy faltered when, with the game finely balanced at 2-2 in the 74th minute, goalkeeper Filip Jorgensen's short distribution was intercepted and Vitinha lobbed into an empty net to make it 3-2.

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