FC Porto were 'only' beaten 2-1 by Chelsea on aggregate in their Champions League quarter-final double-header, but the close score probably didn’t reflect the semi-finalists’ control over 180 minutes.
While statistics will show the Portuguese giants out-shot Thomas Tuchel’s side 21-14 in the tie, they barely landed a glove on the Blues throughout the largely humdrum encounters played out in Spain.
Even though Sergio Conceicao’s troops finally ended a run of 21 games without success against an English side in European competition, their 1-0 ‘away’ success over the West Londoners wasn’t enough to prevent a third straight elimination by a Premier League side in the knockout rounds.