Mourinho satisfied with draw

Both coaches spoke of a fair result after FC Porto and Chelsea FC drew their UEFA Champions League first knockout round first leg 1-1 in northern Portugal. There were mixed emotions for José Mourinho on his return to the Estádio do Dragão, though, as John Terry and Arjen Robben both suffered first-half injuries - the latter after replacing his captain - either side of Andriy Shevchenko cancelling out a Raul Meireles opener.

Jesualdo Ferreira, Porto coach
It was an intense and very tight match, but a positive one. We were the better team in the first half - we started well, scored and controlled the play. Robben's entrance was decisive. Straight away he showed great skill and created the equaliser for Chelsea. We also started the second half well but we took risks which gave Chelsea more room in midfield. As they are more experienced than us, we were a bit anxious and that was evident in our play. I think a draw was the fairest result but we proved in our seventh Champions League match this season that we can go there and beat them. We'll play the same way there as we did here because it's the only way we know - we're going to London with the aim of going through. We know it will be difficult, but they know it won't be easy.

José Mourinho, Chelsea manager
It was a good result for us because of what happened to us today. Terry's injury after five minutes was bad for us because we didn't have another central defender on the bench. We lost a key defender and a key midfielder because Michael Essien needed to play in central defence. I sent Robben on and he started to create problems but got injured too, perhaps because he hadn't warmed up properly, so I had to change things all over again. That meant we had to be pragmatic and play for the draw. We're having lots of trouble with injuries, Lampard was not well this morning and played when he perhaps shouldn't have, but we are staying competitive and fighting in all competitions. The Champions League is a top-class competition and this result is better in theory for us than them, so we're satisfied. The players felt the team was not at its maximum because of our problems so I instructed them not to take risks because we were getting the result we wanted and in London we'll be favourites to reach the last eight.