Didier Drogba scored the only goal in the first half of a closely-fought tie at Stamford Bridge, giving the Blues the upper hand going into the second leg in Turin in a fortnight.

"We created enough chances to score more but it's very important we keep a clean sheet at home," Lampard told Sky Sports.

"Juve are a top team. We're past the group stages now and any team you play are going to cause you problems.

"But it's good we didn't concede and we have the chance to go there and cause them some problems.

"It wasn't the best performance over the 90 minutes but it was a big performance and a big result.

"There were patches where we played well. We started very well but at times we maybe sat off a little bit."

Drogba insisted his timely return to form was not down to new boss Guus Hiddink taking over from Luiz Felipe Scolari.

"No, no, I don't think it's because of a change of manager," he said.

"We did our best. It was a difficult game and we created chances to score more but it's a good result.

"We need to improve a lot of things but it's good for the team that we have players who can make a difference and score goals."

Hiddink was not totally satisfied despite the win, although he accepted Juventus did not make it easy for his team.

"We started very well and for the first 20 minutes we were pressing well and scored a very good goal," said the Dutch coach.

"We should have scored at least one more to give ourselves a bit of a breather because, let's be honest, in the last period of the game we suffered a lot.

"What I like and what I think we still have to work on a lot is to have more control even in these tough games.

"It's not an easy team to play against, Juventus. They can play very well in between your defensive and midfield line. So it's very difficult to play them.

"But, nevertheless, we should have controlled more and that's what I didn't like about the last part of the game."