Scolari wants improvement despite easy Chelsea win

By Mike Collett

LONDON (Reuters) - Luiz Felipe Scolari said his Chelsea team did not play as well as he would have liked despite their emphatic 4-0 win over Girondins Bordeaux in their opening Champions League Group A match on Tuesday.

"We started very well, we got three points but we made too many mistakes. We did not control the game enough, we let them have too much of the ball, especially in the second half, but we did get two late goals," said the Brazilian.

"However, the most important thing was the result."

Scolari, taking charge of a team in the Champions League for the first time in his long career and gesticulating wildly from the dugout, singled out Frank Lampard for praise saying he had been outstanding for the last three or four years in Europe.

"He loves football, he trains hard every day and when you do this God helps you. If you didn't do this in training you would not do well in the match."

Lampard opened the scoring after 14 minutes before Joe Cole doubled Chelsea's lead on the half-hour.

Although Chelsea dominated the match they did not score again until the 82nd when Florent Malouda made it 3-0. Nicolas Anelka added the fourth with the last kick of the game.

"OK, the result was good and it is important to win but we made too many mistakes," said Scolari.