Mario Melchiot
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At the moment, one of the players that's really informed in doing that is Esther Vau.
He gets at you, dribbles, drops the shoulder, takes people on.
And I think that was one of the key things Chelsea was really good at.
Away from that, I think it worked well, consistently was really good for them.
But like we spoke, this game was at the bridge.
It's always good to play at the bridge when you play the big teams.
The hardest thing would be, you understand, if Chelsea wouldn't meet Barcelona at their side because it's always a different game.
But I think the fans around you, they help you a lot and I think they got motivated in that sense too.
And the key thing was, when Araujo got sent off, right,
The way the game went, it was almost like we know how his reaction can be.
Sometimes he can be really fiery.
And when Chelsea goes at you like that, it didn't surprise me that he got pulled over because he sometimes, he can be really tough.
You can be defended, you go like, wow, you need that.
But sometimes you can also say like, who's going to cool him down?
Because sometimes he can get too heated and then loses his head.
Yeah, definitely, because you know what the key thing is, and the guys are sitting there, you know when you peak one time in one game, because Chelsea clearly had a good game, regardless if you have one man, but then you've got to do it again over the weekend.
I think that's going to be a tough one.
So, you know, at home they must feel comfortable.