Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was “disappointed” with Diego Costa’s first-half performance during the during the 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv, but says the two made up with “kisses and cuddles” following a half-time argument. “At half-time in the dressing room there were a few kisses and a few cuddles”.
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The victory against an Israeli outfit that has lost every group game so far, means Chelsea are level on points with Porto and two ahead of Dynamo Kiev going into the last round of matches in two weeks.
On first glance, the turf looked in decent condition, but was cutting up very badly even just a few minutes into the game; at one point, Mourinho himself walked out onto the pitch to replace a massive divot.
“I prefer to think we have to win our match and that’s it”.
Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, centre, goes with the ball past Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Carlos Garcia, left, and Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Eliazer Dasa during group G Champions League soccer match in Haifa, Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015.
The Premier League champions will travel to White Hart Lane and play Spurs this Sunday.
“We were too confident, we were waiting for the second goal to come”.
To be fair, my medical department is really good.
“It is such a attractive stadium, such fantastic public, they deserve a better surface”. “John has an ankle problem that we don’t know yet the dimension of”. With the draw I don’t know.
“I don’t want to speak about it until we assess him when we are back in London but I think he is a big doubt”.
He believes “Mourinho will stick with Costa no matter how few goals he scores this season”, and adds: “The day Costa leaves Chelsea will be the day that Mourinho leaves the club”.
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“Playing 11 against 11 is hard enough in the Champions League and when it’s 10 against 11 Chelsea players, it becomes pretty much impossible”, he said. It can be a more important decision in the game.
