"When we were 1-0 up we had some really good opportunities to be more in front. We knew they would make changes at half-time given the quality of their players.
"We knew the changes would ask different questions of us. They played with a lot more depth in the second half and that allowed Frank Lampard to push on for the first goal which was a bad one from our point of view in lots of ways. But their second goal from Drogba was great finish.
"When you go down 2-1 so quickly in the second half all the energy at half-time evaporates. It was hard for us to get into the game and the sending off made it very, very difficult."
Coppell thought Pizarro made a meal of Cisse's challenge and claimed there was a foul on John Oster prior to the incident.
Coppell added: "There was a foul on Oster before the alleged foul by Cisse.
"By the reaction of the player you would think there had been heavy contact. He laddered his sock so it must have been a bad injury.
"But when you've been booked in the first half then you are always treading a dangerous line. It's an expensive lesson he's learned."
Jose Mourinho
"I think the players were brave and fought a lot. They were brave to accept some of the difficult situations. It was not easy for Shaun Wright-Phillips to play right-back or for Glen Johnson to play as a central defender.
"It was not easy for Tal Ben Haim after just two months at the club to find himself leading the defence.
"But I asked them at half-time if somebody was feeling a bit weak or feeling a bit of an injury. I wanted to make two changes and I wanted to finish with 11 men.
"They told me everybody was fit and ready to go so I made the changes. When we were leading 2-1 there were no more changes I could make. I could have made if more defensive but I thought our positive attacking would help us score more goals.
"It is difficult to come to this stadium and win so I am very please with the result and the players.
"Making the changes was a big gamble but if one day it doesn't work - like at Newcastle in my first season - I am criticised. But I sleep good because I tried.
"The worst thing in life is when you don't try. That is the message I give to my kids all the time. I have to try in my job."