Under-fire Diego Costa could face more trouble with Jose Mourinho, after appearing to throw his bib at the Chelsea boss.
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However, that didn’t stop the Portuguese dropping Costa to the bench at White Hart Lane, with Mourinho beforehand suggesting that the player needed a breather.
If he wants to hurt me it would not be with a bib.
But on Costa’s behaviour, Pat says “Mourinho can’t stand back from this one” and that he cannot play the forward until he shapes up.
The striker was left on the bench for Sunday’s 0-0 draw at White Hart Lane after scoring just three Premier League goals this season and only four in all competitions.
“I think Diego is very privileged because he was the last one to be (put) on the bench”, Mourinho added.
“When we start losing, we all know it’s not about the one or two players playing badly or playing well”. So for me a No. 10 is a very special player in my team.
The 27-year-old, who scored only one goal in last eight matches, expressed his frustration at being dropped by tossing his substitute’s bib in the direction of the manager.
Mourinho laughed off the Spain striker’s ill-temper, also stating that he understands why he was upset at not being involved in the London derby.
Deployed in a central attacking role after Diego Costa was dropped, Hazard responded with a fine performance full of movement, trickery and, above all, enthusiasm. “He works well, every day his mood is positive, he is the positive guy in the team”.
We won against Norwich, we drew here and we play a good game at home next week which we have to win.
Stand-in skipper Ivanovic said: “I expect Diego to come back strongly”. He was ready to play when he went to the warm up.
“Defensively Tottenham are good, it is hard to play against them”. November, with its tricky games against Arsenal, West Ham and Chelsea, sandwiched in between Europa ties and the global break, has brought with it eights points from 12.
The result suited Chelsea more, as they avoided an eighth defeat in the Premier League this season against a Spurs team who have been piecing together an impressive sequence of results under their manager Mauricio Pochettino. “And Pedro is a good player, a unsafe player, and we are going that way”. “I am convinced at the end of December we will be in a different position than we are now and shorten the distance to the top teams, and our feeling will be different”.
“We have to feel happy”.
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“None of us expected this start to the season”.
