We didn't let Atl Madrid breathe Tuchel impressed with last night's appearance.

Olivier Giroud's amazing scissors goal in the second half was enough to win the Chelseas in Bucharest before the 1/8th final match at Stamford Bridge.

Tuchel said that the blues predicted their opponent would be protected by many football players and said he was glad his boys managed to break the Atlantico wall to score.

Great score, fantastic goal. The most deserved”, Tuchel told BT Sport.

“We wanted to dominate the area of the opponent, not lose focus and not make light mistakes and always be aware of their counterattacks”, he added.

We knew they were willing to protect themselves with eight football players in the area. We did not allow them to breathe or engage in counterattacks. This outcome rewarded us a lot of”, he underlined.