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Milan - Claudio Pizarro returned to haunt former coach Jose Mourinho by grabbing Werder Bremen's equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Inter Milan in Champions League Group B on Wednesday.
The Peruvian striker, who played under the Inter coach at Chelsea, slid home Mesut Ozil's cross from close range at the far post on 62 minutes with goalkeeper Julio Cesar looking slightly at fault.
"If one of their players had to score I am happy it is him," Mourinho told a news conference.
Inter, who now have four points from two games, had taken the lead on 13 minutes when Brazilian right back Maicon chipped goalkeeper Tim Wiese after running on to a loose ball following some sloppy Werder defending.
The Italian champions lost 1-0 to AC Milan on Sunday and again lacked ideas against Werder, who have amassed two points from their opening two group matches having drawn 0-0 at home with Anorthosis Famagusta.
Mourinho left out wingers Ricardo Quaresma and Mancini following their lacklustre showing in the derby and although forwards Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Adriano and Mario Balotelli combined well at times, the side lacked shape.
"I think the team that should have won was us but football isn't like that and we have to accept the result," Mourinho, whose side won 2-0 at Panathinaikos in their group opener, added.
Ibrahimovic and Adriano acrobatically shot over in the first half after being superbly fed by each other while Balotelli forced a good save out of Wiese just before halftime.
Pizarro's equaliser came out of the blue and it took some time for Inter to react with Ibrahimovic flashing an inviting ball across the box and Maicon striking the post with a fierce shot.
Werder, who won their last two Bundesliga games 5-2 and 5-4, almost triumphed in stoppage time when Pizarro fired wide after Julio Cesar had pushed away Naldo's free kick.
"At the start of the second half we began to be more attacking and show more conviction," Werder coach Thomas Schaaf said. "We must do better as with draws we cannot progress."
