Mourinho, whose Chelsea side are languishing in 14 place after their 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth last weekend, said he must now reconsider Leicester’s title credentials.
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And with John Terry back in the side after his injury lay off Mourinho only has Radamel Falcao on the road to recovery as the Blues’ injury problems ease up.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has named four Chelsea players, who have failed to live up to their potential and replicate last season’s performances when they won the Premier League title at a canter.
“I am always against the sack, I think the end of the season is the moment to change things when people analyse the work of the season and believe that the best time is to change”.
“It is not easy for the top clubs anymore to win three, four, five, 10 matches in a row, so who knows?” The manager also added that being at the top in September is one thing, but sustaining it through to December is another thing. “I said a couple of weeks ago they can not be champions, maybe I have to think twice before I say that again”, Mourinho said.
The Chelsea chief said: “One year ago they were bottom”. If you could give an award to the first six months of competition, everybody is miles away from him. “I know the distance between them and Manchester United, City, Arsenal is two, three, four points but they are the ones that deserve all this respect and all these compliments”. I think he can improve, but for us he is very important, because he recovers a lot of goals.
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.
FC’s Shaka Hislop says Jose Mourinho is right to say teams will want to draw Chelsea in the UCL draw.
Chelsea were Premier League champions just last season and their rapid fall from grace has been well documented.
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Mourinho admits he has been left humbled by their backing and said: “We like to play at Stamford Bridge”. Revealing that he was “very proud to be their manager”, it was clear that the current Foxes’ boss had not lost any affection for the Blues following his unsavoury exit in 2004. We need to score more goals. Even against Porto we could score 5.
