Chelsea interim manager Guus Hiddink admits Diego Costa’s suspension leaves him with a big problem ahead of the visit to Manchester United.
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“He has this talent, but he’s also giving interviews saying “hey, I have to get used to another way of playing, the intensity of the games every three days, plus the intensity of the game”.
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“He was focused more on what he is hired for here, which is to help to score or assist and not go into “other” things”. “I worked with him five or six years ago and I was delighted to have such a professional in the squad”. I have great feelings for him.
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Guus Hiddink could have enjoyed a winning start in his second stint with the Blues but Brazilian Oscar fluffed the chance when Chelsea were awarded a penalty kick that could have put them in the lead.
I could not finish that job and it was disappointing for me, he said. “But I understand that [frustration]”.
‘He knows guys, he knows the atmosphere in the club, he knows the supporters love him, and knows he is always welcome.
“I wasn’t used to that”.
“The manager substituted me at half-time saying I hadn’t done well enough”. Costa may have found a new lease of life after Mourinho’s departure, but Hiddink clearly has his work cut out to coax the same kind of reaction from the likes of Fabregas, Matic, Terry and Cahill. What Diego did was a sign of frustration. And Hiddink is an fantastic coach.
Chelsea have Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao in reserve to fill the void up front but speaking after Saturday’s draw, Hiddink admitted he is still to make a decision on who will play.
Chelsea is 15th in the Premier League standings after the draw, while Watford is seventh but moves level on 29 points with Manchester United, which occupies sixth on superior goal difference.
“I want to have a blank approach to them, ‘ Hiddink said”.
“After that it’s the Champions League”.
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Given their results and performances at Stamford Bridge in 2015/16, it is now nearly unimaginable that Chelsea once went 86 top flight home games without defeat between 2004 and 2008, a run that ended three-and-a-half months before Hiddink replaced Luiz Felipe Scolari in the dugout. “I hope this team will show in every game the ambition they showed (against Watford) in going for a win anywhere”. “If you do that then, slowly, you can achieve those targets”.
