Chelsea put their Premier League troubles to one side on Wednesday night, with the Blues comfortably beating Joe Mourinho’s old side Porto to top Group G ahead of the knockout stages.
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Meanwhile, all of Chelsea’s potential opponents are hoping to be drawn against the English Premier League side in the last 16 of the Champions League, Mourinho has said.
Jose Mourinho’s concerns about Chelsea have eased after their Champions League win over Porto.
The Blues secured their last-16 spot through Ivan Marcano’s first-half own goal and Willian’s sweet strike after the break.
Mourinho has twice won Europe’s most prestigious competition and the Portuguese believes Chelsea can still win the Champions League to take everyone by surprise.
“When we scored they were in a hard position because they needed to win, a point wasn’t enough for them”.
“When we were candidates with Real Madrid we lost two semi-finals, and we lost two semi-finals with Chelsea as well”.
Either Paris St-Germain, Juventus, PSV Eindhoven, Benfica, Roma or Gent await.
On Wednesday night Mourinho took on Casillas, their first meeting since they worked together at Real Madrid.
Whether he will still be in charge when the competition resumes in February will depend on an improvement in domestic affairs, but Costa believes Mourinho is not at fault for their miserable season so far.
Chelsea could be in the Premier League’s relegation zone by the time of their next game with Leicester on Monday.
“While mathematically it’s still possible, we will fight for every game and see if it’s possible to finish in the top four”, he added.
Defeat would have seen Chelsea drop into the Europa League and might have cost Mourinho his job.
Chelsea looked composed from the start and when Belgian forward Eden Hazard served Costa a perfectly-weighted pass in the 12th minute, Iker Casillas in the Porto goal could only parry the Spain striker’s shot.
However, reports have emerged the Togolese worldwide is set for a return to London with a move to Stamford Bridge as the most probable, this is according to Squawka.
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“Yes there is a lack of confidence clearly, but not a lack of effort”.
