Chelsea look to home form

It will be the second-leg of the Champions League on Tuesday.

 

Manager Jose Mourinho has never lost a quarter-final tie in the competition, in his time with Porto, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid, and is desperate not to break that run at Stamford Bridge.

 

Their 3-1 defeat in Paris last week, when a last-minute goal gave PSG a two-goal cushion, made life difficult for the English side, who won the Champions League in 2012.

 

But it is their home form - with 15 wins out of 17 in the league this season - that gives Chelsea fans most hope.

 

"It's the worst time of the season to get results like this but we are a different team at Stamford Bridge with our fans behind us," midfielder Andreas Schuerrle said. "It will be difficult but it is not impossible."

 

Mourinho has bemoaned a side "with no strikers" due to the lack of form of Fernando Torres, Demba Ba and Samuel Eto'o this season. Torres drew a blank in the weekend win over Stoke and Mourinho is so desperate that he may be willing to risk a semi-fit Eto'o on Tuesday.

 

"If we don't score a minimum of two goals, we are out, we know that," he said. "If we can have everybody available who can give us a chance to score goals then let's do that. So maybe I will pick him but to risk a player you need to have minimum conditions.

 

"If you think he's going to be out after 10 minutes of the game you can't take that risk. But if there is a minimum of conditions of risk, then, yes, I will pick him."

 

Midfield stalwart Frank Lampard said Chelsea need to maintain their focus throughout, with any slip in concentration likely to be costly.

 

"The problem with Champions League football is that you can't settle for having good periods in the game like we did the other night," he said.

 

"The quality levels are so high that in little moments you can end up losing the game.

 

"That was the disappointing thing about Paris but we've got the ability and we've got the desire. We have to have confidence in ourselves and go and try and turn it around."

 

"With the squad we've got and the players we've got we can the game by two goals, for sure, but we can't be too gung-ho. It's about finding the right balance on the night.

 

"We'll look at it. I think that is when you trust the manager. He is very strong in these situations."

 

PSG meanwhile will have to compensate for the loss of Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who is expected to be sidelined for up to four weeks and would also miss the semi-finals if the French side go through.

 

Ibrahimovic, who has 10 goals in this season's competition, picked up a thigh injury in the 69th minute of the first leg.

 

- Sapa