The second half was fraught for the Blues as Ivan Marcano and Gokdeniz Karadeniz scored headers either side of Victor Moses' curled effort and Bebras Natcho netted a 75th-minute penalty to set-up an anxious conclusion.I think we did well. It's a pity we lost the game, but we went through, that was the main thing. I'm really pleased with the team, with the effort, with a lot of players. They were giving everything on the pitch.But Chelsea are now in a third semi-final of the season - four, if you include the Club World Cup - after advancing to the last four of the Capital One Cup and FA Cup, but must improve for Sunday's Wembley semi-final with Manchester City.The second half was fraught for the Blues as Ivan Marcano and Gokdeniz Karadeniz scored headers either side of Victor Moses' curled effort and Bebras Natcho netted a 75th-minute penalty to set-up an anxious conclusion.Benitez was not too downbeat about the loss, which followed Chelsea's 3-1 win at Stamford Bridge a week ago.It's always good to have players arguing about things that can happen on the pitch," Benitez said. You can correct these things at half-time. We were talking about that, we were adjusting positions and I think it's fine, so it's not a problem.You have to analyse the two games in context," added Benitez after Chelsea's 58th game of the season. "We had a good result coming here, a different environment and different things we had to manage.
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