The west Londoners – who left Alvaro Morata and Olivier Giroud on the bench – stifled Barca throughout before taking the lead through Willian, who was playing behind false No.9 Eden Hazard. A late mistake from Andreas Christensen gifted Barcelona an equaliser though Lionel Messi, but Conte felt his side executed his gameplan – which had no orthodox frontman – almost flawlessly. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video‘I think our plan was really very good. ‘As you know very well when you make a mistake against Barcelona, against players like Messi, Suarez and Iniesta, you have to pay. ‘It’s a pity, it’s a pity because I’m very proud of my players.

Source: Metro February 20, 2018 22:24 UTC