Champions League debutant Gary Cahill 'ridiculously disappointed' with Chelsea's defeat to Napoli

Chelsea new boy Gary Cahill has described himself as "ridiculously disappointed" following his side’s Champions League defeat to Napoli.

Tuesday’s 3-1 defeat was Cahill’s debut in the competition following his 8 million pound January move from Bolton.

A goal from Edison Cavani and a double from Ezequiel Lavezzi cancelled out Juan Mata’s opener in what the 26-year-old describes as a low night for himself.

"I'm ridiculously disappointed,” he told reporters. "Disappointed with the result, the night, the Champions League debut. So it was a pretty low night for myself, actually."

Cahill claimed a soaking pitch saw players "slipping all over the place" after his team got off to a bright start, but says Chelsea should have been able to deal with more of the issues Napoli created.

"The goals came for a lot of long balls, which is bread and butter for people like myself," he said. "If we were getting caught open it might be different, but it was bread and butter things that went wrong.

"They had good players all around the pitch, but I think we made their job a little bit easier."

Despite the doom and gloom surrounding the defeat, Chelsea did manage to score a potentially crucial away goal, meaning a clean sheet at Stamford Bridge would leave Andre Villas-Boas’ men needing just two goals, something Cahill is well aware his team is capable of.

"We are still in it," he said. "To score two goals at Stamford Bridge is by no means beyond the realms of possibility. The third goal killed us a little bit, but we need to pull our finger out in the next leg and put in a better performance."

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