Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has made light of injury worries
over Michael Ballack and Didier Droga after the 1-0 Champions
League loss to Werder Bremen.
The Blues reached the knock-out stages despite losing, but Ballack
and Drogba suffered knocks ahead of the trip to Manchester United
on Sunday.
"Ballack's injury is nothing special. It is just pain, the opponent
put his studs on his muscle," he said.
"Didier is the same. He has a pain in the ankle but it is nothing
serious."
Mourinho admitted their first defeat of the season in Europe "was
not a super game by Chelsea", but said the fact they had secured
their place in the next round was more important.
"I am never happy with a defeat but this is different because we
have still qualified for the second stage of the competition," he
said.
"But to go into the last game of the group stage having already
qualified is an achievement. That is very important."
"I think we showed that we wanted to get something in every moment
of the game. Nobody can say we didn't come here and play this
seriously.
"I felt we were not lucky with the small details.
"It was not a free-kick that led to the corner and their goal, and
maybe we deserved a draw, but Bremen showed spirit and enthusiasm
and got the three points."
In the final round of group games, Chelsea are at home to Levski
Sofia, while Barcelona must beat Bremen to join the Blues in the
knock-out stages.
