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		</div><p>PSG 2 Chelsea 1</p>
<p>John Obi Mikel scored a vital away goal for Chelsea as Paris St Germain inflicted the first defeat of Guus Hiddink&#8217;s second spell in charge at the Parc des Princes.</p>
<p>Mikel made amends for conceding a free-kick from which Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored to put PSG 1-0 up in the Champions League last-16 first leg.</p>
<p>The striker&#8217;s shot deflected off Mikel, who equalised from close range for a rare goal, before substitute Edinson Cavani struck to earn PSG a 2-1 win and end Hiddink&#8217;s 11-match unbeaten run.</p>
<figure id="attachment_85882" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-85882" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-39.jpeg" rel="attachment wp-att-85882"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-39.jpeg" alt="Mikel hits a late first-half equaliser." width="600" height="325" class="size-full wp-image-85882" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-85882" class="wp-caption-text">Mikel hits a late first-half equaliser.</figcaption></figure>
<p>It was Chelsea&#8217;s first loss since the December defeat at Leicester which marked the end of Jose Mourinho&#8217;s tenure.<br />
Laurent Blanc&#8217;s side have lost once in 33 games this season, while Hiddink has two defeats in 34 games across two spells as Chelsea caretaker boss.</p>
<p>The Dutchman will be content, though as Mikel&#8217;s first Chelsea goal since December 2014 means the Blues have a vital away goal ahead of the March 9 return at Stamford Bridge.</p>
<p>Away goals have separated these sides in the Champions League in each of the last two seasons.</p>
<p>Chelsea might have had theirs sooner had it not been for a fine reflex save from Kevin Trapp.</p>
<p>Trapp stuck out a hand to save a Diego Costa header which had looked destined for the back of the net and ended up hitting the bar.</p>
<p>Chelsea performed well, although Eden Hazard, who chose the eve of the match to reveal it would be difficult to turn down a move to PSG, made a limited impact.</p>
<p>The Belgian playmaker did little to boost any potential transfer fee and was withdrawn 19 minutes from the end.</p>
<p>John Terry missed the trip to Paris and may have to wait for his 700th Chelsea appearance as he is a doubt for Sunday&#8217;s FA Cup fifth round tie with Manchester City.</p>
<p>Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic performed admirably in the absence of Terry and Kurt Zouma, who is out for the season with a knee injury.</p>
<p>Baba Rahman came into a reshuffled defence, which survived early pressure before the left-back delivered a cross which the masked Costa met, only for Trapp to somehow turn the ball on to the bar. It felt like a chance Chelsea had to take.</p>
<p>Lucas Moura had impressed early on and almost provided the opener for Ibrahimovic &#8211; but the Swede headed the ball into the ground.</p>
<p>Moura burst by three Chelsea players before he was tripped by Mikel, who was booked.</p>
<p>And Ibrahimovic&#8217;s free-kick hit the midfielder and wrong-footed Thibaut Courtois.</p>
<p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-40.jpeg" rel="attachment wp-att-85883"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/image-40.jpeg" alt="Ibrahimovic" width="600" height="325" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-85883" /></a></p>
<p>Six minutes remained until half-time and Chelsea replied when Costa met Willian&#8217;s corner ahead of Ibrahimovic, getting enough of a flick-on for the ball to drop for Mikel.</p>
<p>He finished emphatically from six yards for his sixth goal in 358 Chelsea games.</p>
<p>Trapp raced off his line to deny Costa early in the second half before Courtois repelled PSG time and again &#8211; only for his defences to eventually be breached for a second time.</p>
<p>First Courtois tipped Angel di Maria&#8217;s effort over, then he blocked an Ibrahimovic shot and next he saved from Moura.</p>
<p>Chelsea were defending deep, inviting pressure.</p>
<p>Courtois denied Di Maria from a free-kick before the former Manchester United winger played a fine ball over the top for Cavani, who stayed onside before tucking the ball under the goalkeeper from a tight angle.</p>
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