Hughes feels it is only a matter of time until Chelsea turn around their awful start to the season but hopes Stoke can postpone that happening for at least another week. “We played a good game, people were nice to us, our supporters were fantastic, no problems between supporters, a great football match, a good referee, a good show for everyone”, he added.
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This is a weird game.
“I have four years”, he said at a press conference, %before reassuring supporters that he knew the reasons %behind his side’s poor %performances.
“The stadium bans should be related to something really, really serious, in terms of aggression (and) words I don’t want to use”.
Carneiro was dropped from first-team duties after Mourinho said she was ” naive” for treating Eden Hazard during a draw with Swansea. Collectively we will bounce back from this and climb up the table.
He insisted his confidence had not been impacted by the run of results and he would remain steadfast to his methods, which the players had not questioned despite the miserable run.
“It’s new for me”.
The last Premier League meeting between these two sides was a 2-1 home win for Chelsea in April, while the last league meeting at Stoke was also a success for the Blues, winning 2-0 in December 2014.
“It is a very sad accusation, you are accusing more than one player of dishonesty”.
Meanwhile the Russian billionaire was said to have described Mourinho “the best coach in the world”, despite his current situation at the club.
“It’s not what ifs”. At this moment, I am stopped to not just do my work but stopped to be in a football stadium and do something I love. “He is the man to take this club forward”. “That’s the only way I’m thinking”.
The ban which prevents Mourinho attending Saturday’s Premier League game at Stoke was imposed following his half-time dismissal at West Ham last month. Chelsea received the written reasons for Mourinho’s immediate stadium ban and were considering their options yesterday.
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Matic’s red card shortly before the interval at Upton Park sparked the angry scenes and the Serbia global concedes that the upshot of Mourinho watching this weekend’s Britannia Stadium clash remotely ” most likely from Chelsea’s team hotel ” could hinder the ailing defending champions.
