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Chelsea boss Liam Rosenior has been speaking to the media before Tuesday's Champions League last-16 second leg against Paris St-Germain at Stamford Bridge (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- The Chelsea boss confirmed captain Reece James will miss the game with a hamstring injury. Rosenior said: "With Reece, he felt something against Newcastle. He is out for tomorrow’s game. With a hamstring injury, it is never great. Hopefully, we can get him scanned and find out the full extent.”
- However, Brazilian forward Willian Estevao "is back in training" and "will be part of the group" to face Luis Enrique's side. Defender Malo Gusto is a doubt because of illness and Filip Jorgensen will have a scan as the goalkeeper "felt something in his groin".
- Rosenior said Chelsea's pre-match huddle against Newcastle has been “blown out of proportion” and that it has been a “distraction for the media”.
- "It is a small thing among many serious things we need to address. We always want to show unity and togetherness. We don't want to antagonise anyone, so we'll decide where we do that on the pitch tomorrow," added Rosenior.
- Rosenior has a scheduled meeting with the refereeing body PGMOL "on certain decisions" made in the 1-0 defeat by Newcastle and stressed his issues with the officiating “wasn’t about the huddle”.
- On Pedro Neto avoiding suspension for pushing over a ball boy in the first leg: "He's a fantastic player, he has apologised for the incident and I think Uefa have made the right decision."
- On Chelsea’s £10m fine and suspended transfer ban over secret payments: “It’s not a negative distraction. It’s a line drawn through that issue. [Now] we can plan to make this club as strong as possible.”
- On overturning the tie: "We can't make mistakes tomorrow. We have to remember PSG are European champions for a reason, but we know we can compete."
- Rosenior said "I haven't even thought about" last week's team news leak, but is "sure it won't happen again".
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