The Blues dominated the opening stages, carving through the host's surprisingly pourous defence and deservedly took the lead through Fernando Torres.
Gala boss Roberto Mancini quickly altered his tactics and saw his side draw level when defender Aurelien Chedjou took advantage of slack Chelsea defending at a corner.
Typically the Turkish side were driven on by a fervent Turk Telecom Stadium crowd and Mourinho said: "This is Turkey, this is Istanbul, this is Galatasaray.
"The first half the game was our game, we had chances to win the game. I am not criticising my striker (Torres), my striker did a good game. We were just missing the last pass, the last touch, the last control."
Reflecting on such passionate support, the Blues manager told Sky Sports: "I can't complain, my players were fantastic. The second leg will be difficult, all I ask is that Stamford Bridge can give us 10 per cent of what this public gave to Galatasaray."
His thoughts were echoed by veteran midfielder Frank Lampard, who rued the visitor's missed opportunities.
"We were disappointed at half-time we weren't more than 1-0 up because we played well, we controlled it," the England midfielder said.
"They didn't have many chances and we had four or five good counter-attacks and we're disappointed we didn't make more of them."
"Certainly the crowd (played a part), I don't know about the tactics because you always expect them to have a period, and they had a big period in the second half.
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