Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho can find an upside to their Champions League elimination.

While he wishes Chelsea were taking on Barcelona in the Quarter Finals, rather than PSG, he says missing out could have done them a big favour.

He explained: "I would prefer to be there, but reality is if we are in the Champions League, we'd have (a run of fixtures of) Barcelona at home, Manchester United at home, Barcelona away, Arsenal away.

"Obviously this is a very difficult hypothetical situation. I'd like to be in that position. The fact we went out is a frustrating situation, we don't hide.

"The tendency of our team is to improve till end of the season. We have had fatigue and stress of big matches, but our situation give us space to work and improve."