Mourinho took issue with a lack of movement from his frontman during the opening 45 minutes but Costa completed the 90 after the Portuguese displayed a more tender side behind closed doors. I was disappointed. I reacted and he reacted too. “He reacted too but at half-time in the dressing-room, a few kisses, a few cuddles…no problem”. As I’m writing this post the Manager has lost the plot with Eden Hazard and substituted the attacker for Pedro. To admit you’ve done wrong, I don’t think Mourinho has ever done that.
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“I need a calculator”, Mourinho said. In the second half in the first 15, 20 minutes, I think we slept.
“It’s important we keep this momentum going”, Cahill told Chelsea’s official website. With a draw, I don’t know.
“For John to leave the pitch with the result 1-0 I know already that he is in trouble”, Mourinho said.
“But we understand football and when the results are not good the rumours look like they can be true, which is understandable”.
Despite being down to 10 men, Maccabi got off to a determined start in the second half but they couldn’t threaten Asmir Begovic’s goal.
Considering Chelsea’s defensive crisis this season, Terry’s injury will come as a massive blow for Chelsea who are now down to five defenders in total – Ivanovic, Azpilicueta, Zouma, Cahill and Baba Rahman.
Chelsea won a 4-nil victory against Maccabi Tel-Aviv that helped their Champions League ambitions and provided a two game win streak for the beleaguered London side. “We really needed to win this match, it was so important, two victories in a few days”.
Maccabi coach Slavisa Jokanovic said the sending off made it impossible for his players to overcome technically superior opposition. “I expect that we will display our best performance”.
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Costa has only managed four goals so far this season – three of them in the Premier League.
