Interim Chelsea manager Guus Hiddink has bemoaned a lack of squad strength as part of the reason his side crashed out of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain this evening.
PSG headed to Stamford Bridge for the second leg of their round of 16 tie with a 2-1 advantage from the first leg in France.
And they needed only 17 minutes to add to it when Zlatan Ibrahimovic's cross found Adrien Rabiot, who made no mistake.
However, Chelsea did cause PSG problems, especially through Diego Costa, who offered a tough test for the French side's defenders.
Costa pulled Chelsea level in the 27th minute, but the Blues' efforts to then pull ahead were damaged when the striker was forced off injured on the hour mark.
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Ibrahimovic then put PSG 2-1 ahead when he hit the back of the net seven minutes later.
Chelsea had no answer, with PSG running out comfortable 2-1 winners and taking the tie 4-2 on aggregate.
For Hiddink, losing Costa was a blow and having to bring on young Bertrand Traore to replace him showed up a lack of strength in depth on the bench.
"We gave too much respect in the first 10 minutes, they were dominating. They are a good side but once we stepped up we had some chances. In the 67th minute it all changed", Hiddink was quoted as saying by the BBC.
"We had a good chance to score, then Diego Costa was injured. We knew he was not totally fit but he desperately wanted to play and scored a beautiful goal.
"You saw the difference between the squads when we had to bring young guys on and they have Edinson Cavani to come in. I must say that we had young Kenedy at left-back and he was excellent", the Dutchman continued.
"It is a difficult season. We were almost panicking about relegation when I came in but it is difficult to get into fourth place."
