Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola feels Chelsea are favorites in their Champions League semi after last night's 1-0 first-leg win. After watching his side failed to find the net despite having an astonishing 24 attempts on goal, Guardiola conceded Chelsea are now favourites to reach the final in Munich on May 19.

"One-nil is a very good result for them," said Guardiola. "They are the favourites."

He also refused to condemn the hosts for spending so much of the game on the back foot.

"It's football," he said. "It's not a question about fair or unfair.

"Congratulations to Chelsea. We'd win every game if it all was about possession of the ball because our average is more than our opponents.

"But the most difficult thing in this game is putting the ball in the net, and that's what we couldn't do this evening.

"We have to focus on the next game now and try and create the same number of chances.

"It won't be simple. They'll have 10 men behind the ball, they'll defend, they're stronger than us, they run, they jump more than us.

"But we have to try and take the game under control and discover a way of scoring the goals."