Casemiro confirms Chelsea’s superiority over Real Madrid

Casemiro admits Chelsea “were better than” Real Madrid in the second leg match at Stamford Bridge, with the Blues edging out the La Liga giants 4-1 on aggregate.

Chelsea took the lead in the 28th minute. Ngolo Kante did excellently carrying the ball deep from midfield, before Timo Werner popped up to score after good work from compatriot Kai Havertz.

Edouard Mendy was on fire in the first half, saving spectacularly from Karim Benzema, while at the other end former Chelsea man Thibaut Courtois made a key save around the hour mark to stop Havertz from doubling Chelsea’s lead.

He couldn’t stop what happened in the 85th minute, however, when Madrid finally gave way under relentless Chelsea pressure. Mason Mount was the man to deliver the killer second goal, finishing neatly after a cross-goal ball from the Christian Pulisic.

After the match, Casemiro said: “The first 25 minutes we played better, we had two chances with Karim.”

“Then there’s no explanation, they were better, they had more opportunities and there’s no excuse. We have to think about La Liga now, we have a difficult game against Sevilla, there’s no use in regret. We’re sad because it was a big game. They were better than us.”