Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho said he felt “betrayed” by his players and conceded his team will not finish in the top four this season after yet another defeat.
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho during Barclays Premier League against Leicester City at Kings Power Stadium on December 14, 2015.
Gary Cahill says Chelsea’s players are “not robots” and can not be expected to perform every week, but is confident of an upturn in their flagging fortunes. “If you are a big player, and paid like a big player, you must play like a big player and behave like a big player”, Fabregas said yesterday.
On the way to their fourth Premier League title last season, the west London outfit averaged 2.29 points per game with a win-draw-loss record of 26-9-3.
“At a certain point they’ll get the upper hand”.
“When you come from far away and you end up in the Premier League it makes you happy”.
Chelsea have done significantly better in the Champions League, though, beating Porto last week to clinch top spot in their group and a place in the last 16, and Matic can not explain their inability to reproduce that form domestically.
“I don’t think in this moment they can feel they are top players or they can feel they are superstars”. Have your say in the comments section below.
“We did a great game and deserved the win”.
Henry also feels the blame should be directed more at the players rather than Mourinho, saying: “People are having a go at Mourinho, whether you like him or not, that’s a different story”.
“Yes we can, 100% there is enough time to achieve it. But we have to start from now”, Fabregas is quoted as saying by Sky Sports. “I identified four movements where they score nearly all their goals. I really hope it finishes as soon as possible as I would like to see Chelsea in a good position as soon as possible”.
The irrepressible duo of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez once again scored Leicester’s goals to send them two points clear at the summit.
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Mourinho, whose side host Sunderland and Watford next, said: “I am not afraid of a big challenge, I want to stay”.
