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PSG not to take cautious approach at Chelsea - Blanc

Paris Saint-Germain manager Laurent Blanc insists his side will not sit back against Chelsea on Tuesday night.

The French giants defeated the Blues 3-1 in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Parc des Princes last week but that score will not affect how they go about their business at Stamford Bridge in the return bout according to Blanc.

"We will not rely on the fact that the [scoreline] is in our favour," Blanc told reporters on Monday.

"We are going to have to have a great game. Chelsea are going to come at us, looking to level the aggregate score - this should give us chances ... not that we will sit back and endure the match.

"We want to impose our game even though we are away from home. Our aim has become very high. On the domestic front we want to win it all, but our ultimate ambition now is to win the Champions League.

"If we are to be a big European team we need to impose our rhythm and set the tempo of the game both at home and away."

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