Mourinho even took to repairing some of the divots during one break of play.
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“I wanted him to do a certain movement that he didn’t”, said Mourinho of the striker.
“I reacted. He did too”.
“I was disappointed. I reacted and he reacted too”, said Mourinho,”At half-time in the dressing room there were a few kisses and a few cuddles”.
It appears that Fabregas’ toe was stood on by an opponent at some point during the 4-0 win, which hasn’t quite secured the Blues’ progression to the knockout stages of the competition.
“I need a calculator”, Mourinho said. “I expect we will be more competitive in this game and the target is to win. I expect we’re going to find our best performance”. With the draw I don’t know. “I prefer to think we have to win our match and that’s it”.
Mourinho admitted he was happy with his side’s first-half display, but felt the scoreline flattered his side.
Here, we look at how some of the 27-year-old numbers stack up to last season, when his 20 goals helped fire Chelsea to the Premier League title. We have a good chance to show who we are. The Ukrainian champions host Maccabi Tel Aviv in their final match, a game they will be heavy favourites to win with Maccabi having failed to take a single point in their five contests so far.
So Chelsea fans, given the importance of the match, how do you think the team should line up on Sunday? While Premier League players might be used to the Spaniard’s antics, Ben Haim fell straight into the striker’s trap and would give his side – who were already struggling – a huge disadvantage.
Chelsea went on to win 4-0 with Willian, Oscar and Kurt Zouma all finding the target late in the game.
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Former Watford boss and ex-Chelsea midfielder Slavisa Jokanovic’s side – playing 60 miles from home in a venue more suitable to European football – began well with Dor Peretz heading over and Nosa Igiebor slicing wide following yet more uncertain Chelsea defending.
