‘Tonight is a bit of a step back’published at 20:59 GMT
20:59 GMT
Qarabag 1-1 Chelsea
Julien Laurens
European football expert on MOTD: UEFA Champions League
On Chelsea making so many changes – there were seven from their win at Tottenham on Saturday: Doing this and competing in a Champions League and Premier League combo is very different to doing it in a season where you are playing in the Conference League, when you can easily win with your B team, which they did.
Before they won at Spurs on Sunday they were ninth in the table and not doing that great in the Champions League with two wins and a defeat in Europe, but tonight is a bit of a step back, I think.
It shows that, especially with young players like Hato tonight and Gittens a bit too, even if they have both had some Champions League experience before, you can see that with a lot of young players the Champions League level is a little bit too high.
You end up with a result like this where you drop points. In the grand scheme of things they will still qualify, we cannot be worried about Chelsea not getting through, but still it does not look good and they have a long journey back home too.
You can hear more from Laurens on MOTD: Uefa Champions League at 22:40 GMT on BBC One and the BBC Sport website and app.