It wasn't pretty, in fact it was pretty ugly, but Chelsea have negotiated the first leg of their semi-final safely enough.

Will tomorrow's clash between Bayern and Real Madrid be any better? We certainly hope so. See you all then.

Atletico Madrid captain Gabi: "Atletico wanted to win from start to finish.

"We knew they would not concede a goal easily and we come away with a bad taste."

Trevor:, external People will say Chelsea's performance was boring, but it is an away leg against top of La Liga. Keeping a tight ship is right tactic.

Anubhav Dasgupta: , externalPeople just keep hating Mourinho and Chelsea but believe it or not, they are actually too good in defending.

Buddy Mustapha:, external Nice one Chelsea! At the Bridge, you can do the damage. Trust Jose and his boys. I can put my money on that.

Three players are ruled out of the second leg then - Chelsea midfielders Frank Lampard and John Mikel Obi, and Atletico captain Gabi.

MOTD presenter Gary Lineker

"Terry and Cahill were very solid, but it doesn't half help when your full-backs don't attack and you've got a plethora of holding midfielders."

Reading beat Middlesbrough 2-0 to move into the last Championship play-off spot with two games left.

Beat Doncaster and promoted Burnley and it's a place in the end of season lottery for the Royals.

We've yet to have any official news on the state of Petr Cech or John Terry. With that huge game at Anfield on Sunday, Chelsea will need their figureheads available if at all possible.

Andrew, Richhill via text: Tonight's performance sums up why as a Manchester United fan I didn't, and never do, want Jose Mourinho as the manager of my football club. Yes he brings success, but the dull, boring, negative tactics would send me to sleep.

Frank, Edinburgh via text: Ding, ding fares please. Chelsea parked the bus.

Rob, Southport via text: Great result for Liverpool, lots of injuries and Chelsea really have to rest for a win in the return leg. Title is heading to Anfield.

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Everton youth coach Alan Irvine, who worked with David Moyes: "David will look very closely at himself and learn from this. I've no doubt he'll get a good job in the not-too distant future and do a good job.

"You don't have to look too far to see managers that have had setbacks and gone on to great things. It's certainly not the end for David. He won't be looking for excuses and won't want to blame anyone."

There were just six shots on target all night in Madrid. A snorefest in the Calderon.

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Mark Schwarzer insists he was ready to step in when Petr Cech suffered his early injury. The 41-year-old Chelsea goalkeeper said: "There not much to think about, but I'm always prepared and ready to play. It's a tough thing to do but tonight I've tried to do my job when given the chance. We were right up for it, which you'd expect.

"Atletico Madrid have world class players and we knew if we matched their determination, we'd give it a good go. It's very tough for the second leg but we've got to take each game as it comes. Before that, we've got a massive game at Liverpool on Sunday."

Leicester have won the Championship with a 1-0 win at Bolton.

Adam Byrne:, external Makes you wonder why Mourinho is not such a tactical genius when it comes to bread and butter Premier League games? Priorities?

Hanzlah Hanif:, external Ibrahimovic and Costa. Two world class strikers that were silenced when they came up against the Chelsea defence.

Lord Meowington:, external 0-0 will do fine. Still lots to do next week but it's a semi-final and was always gonna be tough. Mikel was superb.

Chris Waddle on BBC Radio 5 live

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"Chelsea haven't been adventurous. They were disciplined and well-organised which you would expect from Jose Mourinho. They've done a professional job, which you have to give them credit for. They're very professional which is why they go so far in these competitions.

"Atletico just lacked ideas. Teams try to play against them and take chances and they pick you off on the break. Diego was a bright spark but apart from him they didn't have a lot else.

"Chelsea will be more adventurous at Stamford Bridge you would think and you can see them winning the tie.

"Atletico will think they can play better and Chelsea will leave more gaps at the back. It's about taking their chances. They won't think they're out of it. How much will Mourinho attack? You will think he will have to, or maybe will he wait an hour.

"Ashley Cole did very well. You could see he was struggling at the end. He got cramp with 15 minutes to go. But he's a class full-back and always has been. It's up to Roy Hodgson whether he goes to the World Cup - Luke Shaw's done very well."

Chelsea had just 31% possession in the game; their lowest return in a Champions League match this season.

Their last six Champions League semi-final first leg matches have produced just four goals in total (0-0, 1-0, 1-1, 0-0, 1-0, 0-0 tonight).

Fernando Torres endured another fairly fruitless evening in front of goal - he had one of Chelsea's five shots - but he does get a huge ovation from the home fans who remember him in more potent days.

The second leg is at the Bridge next Wednesday. Any score draw will see Chelsea go out...

Jose Mourinho is off to phone the wife, the Chelsea fans who have travelled out to Madrid seem happy enough with that. Advantage Chelsea? I'm not so sure but they are 90 minutes from a final in Lisbon now.

Chelsea have a corner. 30 seconds left - easily claimed by Thibaut Courtois.

The incomparable Bob Mortimer in the away end at the Madejski Stadium cheering on Middlesbrough. Afraid to say, it's not working Bob. Reading still 2-0 up, and heading into the top six with the visitors apparently happy to let it lie.