“I think we needed this win”.
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“I know the difference between them and Manchester City, Arsenal and Manchester United is just a few points, but they are the ones who deserve the respect, compliments – fantastic work”.
Mourinho replaced Ranieri at Stamford Bridge to start his first spell in 2004 and the Italian insisted he has moved on since leaving 11 years ago.
There is every chance Leicester could be fourth by the time they take on Chelsea, but as the league table proves this has been anything but a predictable season so far. “Maybe I have to think twice before I say that again. Normally players and the team have an intimate relationship”, Mourinho said, as quoted by the London Evening Standard. “They’re not in the best of form at the moment and they should be doing a lot better”, Morgan told the club’s official website.
– This is Chelsea ” s worst start to a Premier League season (15 points from 15 games) since 1993-94 when they had 13 points after 15 matches.
“While mathematically it’s possible we have to try”.
Despite their struggling domestic form this season, Mourinho has remained largely popular amongst the club’s supporters, and the Portuguese mentor says it is somewhat embarrassing. I’m very proud to have been their manager.
“But we like to play at Stamford Bridge – the fans are being unbelievable”. I feel embarrassed because I don’t know how to react.
“When you are champion, when you are winning matches you show your emotion”.
“It’s not important who scores, it’s important that the team scores and that the team plays well”. The squad is strong and I think it’ll be turned around.
“We have basically the same potential as last season”. They played very well with good concentration. After that I imagine myself coaching – not every club, there are some clubs I will never manage – but every club in the world. “So I completely trust him”. And all the credit for that goes to the team.
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The 28-year-old beat off competition from Ross Barkley (Everton), Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Troy Deeney (Watford) and Dejan Lovren (Liverpool) to win the award. Also stating that “clean sheets are very important”, the popular manager tried to highlight the enormous concentration that the Midlanders will need in a “good test” against Jose Mourinho’s Blues.
