The German striker also praised Luka Modric for his superb and difficult-to-defend cross that set up Real Madrid's opening goal.

The Blues won 3-2 in Madrid, but were eliminated from the Champions League 5-4 on aggregate after extra time.

Chelsea's third goal of the night, stated that he thought the game was over for the Blues when he scored.

When he scored, "I thought, 'we are through with this’,” he said to Chelsea’s official website.

We had everything that we needed at 3-0 up, we had the chance to go through.

“Madrid have the quality to score against you and they showed it for the 3-1.

“I think it was a brilliant goal, a brilliant cross from Modric, and it was hard to defend.”