After conceding three goals in Chelsea colours for the first time since Boxing Day, Petr Cech was understandably disappointed with defeat in Rome.

Beaten by a close-range strike from Christian Panucci in the first half, we came undone at the start of the second as Mirko Vucinic added a second and then a third to condemn us to defeat, rendering John Terry's goal no more than a consolation.

The result will be a huge surprise to anyone who watched the first 30 minutes, where the Blues dominated possession and chances, as Roma goalkeeper Doni beat away shots from Deco and Frank Lampard.

Cech believes the home side, playing for their Champions League lives and under-fire manager Luciano Galletti, upped their game and left Chelsea shocked.

'I think that we started the game quite well, we had lots of possession, opportunities to score goals, but it was not enough to score a goal and I think when the time went on they got more confidence and then they got a goal and I think it changed the game.

'We knew it was going to be difficult because they are at a difficult moment, they needed some points as well, and they were not doing well in Serie A, and this can be a big factor.

'They were playing for everything and once they scored the first goal they had the advantage and in the second half we started too slow and conceded two goals,' he added. 'We started thinking too much bout scoring goals and they had the opportunity to counter-attack and they took it.'

Indeed the second period was a huge contrast to the first, and the 26-year-old explained the difficulties of conceding as early as the 48th minute.

'After two minutes we conceded a goal and then everything was much more difficult for us. We wanted to score a goal as soon as possible to get back in the game and we made some mistakes and they punished us for them.

'We are very disappointed, because we came here to get three points and our qualification and we got beaten, and we didn't play well.'

We travel to Bordeaux in three weeks with another opportunity to seal our progression into the knockout rounds, and Cech remains confident, firstly pinpointing our next fixture at Blackburn as the ideal time to recover from this result.

'We have another game against Blackburn in the league, so this is the first chance to bounce back. We are at the top of the league and we want to stay there, so this is the first opportunity,' said the goalkeeper.

'Until so far we have played really well, we have the confidence and we know we can go far in all competitions and one game in Roma cannot change that.

'We have two games to play, we have one away and one at home and we have enough quality to bounce back again.'