Every word Liam Rosenior said on Chelsea transfer ban, James injury, ditching huddle, PSG clash

The full transcript from Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior's pre-match press conference ahead of the Blues' huge Champions League tie with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night

Liam Rosenior has just wrapped up his pre-match press conference ahead of Chelsea's Champions League last-16 second leg against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night.

The Blues trail 5-2 going into tomorrow evening's decisive leg at Stamford Bridge. A late collapse in Paris means Chelsea have it all to do in west London but there is belief from Rosenior that his team can do it.

That, and much more, was addressed in this afternoon's press conference. You can ready every word Rosenior had to say below:

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Injury news?

Yeah, so with Reece, he's felt something in his hamstring at the end of the game against Newcastle. Really frustrating and disappointing one for us, we don't know the full extent of that injury. But that rules him out for tomorrow's game.

Is the Reece one quite serious then potentially? Is it, are we talking weeks?

It could be. With a hamstring injury, it's never great. And for Reece, hopefully we can just get him scanned, we can find out the full extent and then we know more. Because obviously we know what an important player he is, what an important leader he is in the group. He's our captain and also in terms of Malo [Gusto], he's ill today. So we'll have a look at him for tomorrow and the other one. Yeah, Estevao is back in training. He'll be a part of the group. We'll assess whether he can take part in the game at some point tomorrow. And with Filip [Jorgensen], he's felt something in his groin after the PSG game. And again, we'll get him scanned to find out the full extent of that injury.

Pedro Neto has escaped a ban...

Yeah, fantastic. He's a top player. He's apologised for the incident in Paris. There was no real bad intention from him. He wanted to get on with the game and I think UEFA have made the right decision.

Will you do the huddle again?

I think in terms of the huddle, I think it's been blown out of proportion to be honest. It's a small, small thing amongst many, many serious things that we need to address, such as a massive game against PSG tomorrow. In terms of the huddle, the lads have always wanted to show unity and togetherness. I think they'll continue to do that. What we don't want to do is antagonise or bring the noise on ourselves. And we'll make the decision on where we do that on the pitch tomorrow.

Has the noise been a distraction?

I think it's a distraction for the media. For us, the huddle was something the players wanted to show unity. They're a good group. We never wanted to antagonise anyone or create noise. The time to talk about it has stopped. We have a huge game against PSG tomorrow. We have an opportunity to do something really, really special. We know we need to be perfect, and I would rather focus on that.

PSG got an advantage because they had the weekend off?

Obviously, they have more rest. That's natural. That's normal. I can't speak about other league schedules or what they do. What I can do is try and make sure that my team and our team are ready to give absolutely everything into this game in terms of the intensity, in terms of the quality that we need. Hopefully, we can turn around a difficult scoreline, but not an impossible one.

What can you do differently this time to overcome the deficit?

If you look at the game in isolation, you look at the scoreline, we were punished by some very good players by our mistakes. For us, I think it's been a theme. I think we performed consistently very well, but we've been undone in games by moments of focus or concentration. For us to go through tomorrow, we need to be perfect in terms of not making mistakes, in terms of our performance in possession. We have to remember that PSG are the European champions for a reason, but we've also shown in times that we can definitely compete and beat them in isolated games.

Chelsea have had a fine today for breaking rules. Just want to clarify, that won't be a negative distraction for you or the club?

No, it's not a negative distraction. I think actually that's a line drawn through that issue. We can move on and we can plan to make this club as strong as possible in the long term. That's the idea from the ownership, myself and everybody involved with the club.

Have you looked more into the XI being leaked last week?

I'll be really honest, I haven't even thought about that. It's not the first time it's happened, it won't be the last time. I'm not talking in terms of me, I'm talking about any team or any club. I'm focused on winning the game. I was focused on the Newcastle game. These things happen. It's disappointing but I'm sure it won't happen again.

Last month there was a meeting between one of the club directors and a fans group. In it, the director told them that it's obvious we are building one of the best teams in the world. Would you concur with that and do you believe that Chelsea will become one of the best teams in the world?

Yes, I do. I think it's really difficult because you want to be successful in the now. I want to be successful right now as everybody does. At the same time, you have to plan for the future. There's an idea for this club to be successful in the long term, for a long time. Not just for one year but to have consistent success. If you want to build something, you need to make sure the foundation is there and then the results follow. I know the plans, I'm excited by the plans. I'm excited to be a part of it. I'm very excited by players like Joao [Pedro, sat alongside him] joining the club at the age that they're at. I'm looking forward to a long period of working with them and making sure we get the success that this club deserves.

You said on Saturday that you'd have a conversation with the PGMOL. I just wondered if you've had that conversation over the weekend?

No, I didn't. I have a meeting scheduled this week with them in person which I think would be better. The point of what I was saying after the game, it wasn't about the huddle. It was about my perspective on certain decisions made in the game. It would be great to meet them and have an in-depth conversation with them.

You also spoke on Saturday about having a new way of pressing and that you've been punished by PSG...

No, I said it's a new way for my players to press.

You spoke about being punished by PSG in that game as well, do you feel you've gone maybe too quickly about having only been here a month at the time?

No, I think if you look at the game against PSG, the goals had nothing to do with our press. Especially the most important goal for me was the third goal. Then it goes from there. I think the press that we had against PSG and in other games has given us the platform of our performances. The longer you get to work at it, the better you'll be. It was said before, I think it's 17 games in 10 weeks. There's a lot of games to play with not much training time. I think the lads have given the best shot possible in terms of what I want to put into the team. If we continue in the vein that I see, I think we'll improve and get better at it.

With Reece, is he worried that he's quite a serious one?

I think any player at any time, if you feel something, you're going to be worried about it. Like I said before, once we get the full diagnosis, then we can make a statement about it.

Do you know when it happened?

Towards the end of the game.