Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel was very happy with this side going past Lille in the Champions League.

The Blues are now through to the last eight of the competition, as they prepare for a busy schedule to the end of the season.

Considering the situation surrounding the club's assets and ownership, Tuchel was pleased that fans were at the stadium in France against Lille to support the team.

He stated post-game to BT Sport: "Brilliant. It's so nice so many fans are here to support the team, it feels brilliant. The quarter-finals is a big step. We showed resilience and mentality to overcome difficulties.

"We did what was necessary. We dug in and got a deserved win. It's difficult here.

"Chelsea has this kind of culture within the club where we work every day. What I found from day one was a football first mentality. Everybody pushes the first team every three days, everybody goes to the limit and is focused on football.

"We've been trying to implement an atmosphere. This culture is already installed and this helps us now to focus with difficult and distracting times because it's always there.

"We encourage the players. It feels so good we can still produce results and I'm proud.

"We weren't so good in the first half. The pitch was horrible and it made things complicated. It was a new pitch not ready to play on. The tactics weren't right in the first 20 minutes, I take responsibility. Then it was more fluid.

"It was very important to calm everyone down. We were lucky with the post.

"We hope and expect to carry on. We want to compete. It took a lot of sacrifice, we fought hard to be in the last eight. We're excited for the draw. We have a game in Middlesbrough three days later."