Juventus defender Cristian Molinaro insists they deserved more after being dumped out of Europe by Chelsea last night.

He said: "Juve were practically perfect for the first 41 minutes, but [Frank] Lampard's shot seemed to stop there and we all held our breath. The goal knocked the wind out of our sails."

The Bianconeri were leading 1-0 to level the tie on aggregate, but in first half stoppages Lampard's effort was deflected on to the crossbar and Essien tapped in the loose ball.

"From then on Chelsea were able to control the tempo more and then we went down to 10 men, too," continued Molinaro.

"We still believed right to the end, but it isn't easy to play against a side like Chelsea with 10 men."

He added: "The real blow was that goal before the break, as going into half-time with the lead would have given us a whole other state of mind."