Nevertheless, he will be keen to regroup and focus his players on Southampton this weekend, with the reigning champions needing a positive result to boost their morale and confidence.
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“For us it’s a ridiculous mistake”.
“We watched dozens and dozens of repetitions of Porto taking corners”, he explained.
“We had another mistake similar when they hit the post”.
Asked by a reporter where his team would be if they had 11 Costas, Mourinho replied: “I think we would lose every game because the desire to suspend him is so big that you wouldn’t have enough players to start the game”.
The defending English Premier League champion has only won two of its opening seven domestic matches to be languishing in 14th position on the table – eight points adrift of leader Manchester United.
The Blues suffered their fifth defeat of the season in all competitions after Maicon’s second-half header gave the home side a 2-1 victory.
Ferdinand feels the current Chelsea side lack the self-belief of old Mourinho teams because a few of the players are not sure about their place in the eleven, which has contributed to their tentative performances this season. I think the team played well.
“Diego hit the post, Ivanovic had a chance with an open goal, one metre from the goal, the last minute situation, a clear penalty”.
Superb from Costa, who was an absolute menace to the Porto defence with his movement, hold-up play and typically robust approach.
Oscar also did not fly, while Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic joined captain John Terry on the substitutes’ bench.
Dynamo Kiev and Porto top Group G with four points from two games.
However, he admitted recent results were not helping when it comes to naming his starting line-up.
“When you play a disaster it’s easier to make drastic decisions. We knew it was going to be a physical game”, said Costa. They are an incredible team and we are very happy to get the win, but maybe more so for the attitude and mentality we demonstrated on the pitch.
“You are looking at it when you are going to change things, you have got to have a striker on there”, Thompson said.
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Porto’s first-half scorer Andre hailed a memorable performance by his side.
