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Sarri pleased after Chelsea win in Sweden: We played very well

Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri was delighted with their 2-1 Europa League win at Malmo.

Ross Barkley and Olivier Giroud struck for the visitors in the first-leg of their round 32 tie.

Sarri said, "I think we played a good match against a team who are very physical, we were scared a bit of set pieces

"We were in control of the match and we deserved to win with more goals.

"I am happy because we played with confidence and it wasn't really very easy after the last match [the 6-0 loss to Manchester City].

"Yes, we played very well and we conceded on a mistake and that can happen but the level of attention was really very good for 90 minutes so I am very happy, but we know we have to gain the qualification in the next match.

"I think I am always confident but sometimes we had the wrong approach with matches so we need to be careful in every match."

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