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Bobby Vincent

Gary Neville disagrees with Joe Cole over Chelsea's Champions League second-leg with Real Madrid

Gary Neville is not confident Chelsea can overturn the 3-1 deficit to Real Madrid on Tuesday evening in the Champions League quarter-final second-leg. The Blues slumped to defeat last week after being on the receiving end of a Karim Benzema masterclass at Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea, who scored with five minutes remaining of the first half through Kai Havertz, were outclassed on the night but did have their opportunities to reduce the deficit, or even draw the game. Los Blancos were clinical in west London - and that's all they needed to be on the night as they now boast a two-goal advantage going into the decisive leg at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday.

Thomas Tuchel knows his side have it all to do in Spain, with the Chelsea boss explaining the difficulty of producing a comeback against the 13-times winners of the competition. The German said this on Monday morning: "What chance? Not the biggest chance given the first game's result and given the competition and the opponent and the stadium we play.

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