I let Blues down in shoot-out, says Cech

CHELSEA goalkeeper Petr Cech has claimed that Liverpool were lucky to reach the Champions League final and said the only goal of the game should have been disallowed for a foul on Salomon Kalou.

Cech broke the players’ silence after their third Champions League semi-final exit in four years, and went on to admit that he let down his team-mates by not saving any of Liverpool’s four spot-kicks in the shoot-out.

“The fact that we did not score a goal in the second leg is what cost us progression,” said Cech. “If we had done, Liverpool would not have scored three, that would have been impossible. But they were luckier than us.”