Casillas, who has won four and drawn one of his five meetings with teams managed by Mourinho over the course of his career, said he had moved on from any past issues with the Chelsea boss and that they had shaken hands on Tuesday.
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“The second goal, for us it’s a ridiculous mistake”.
Chelsea’s defensive frailties were again exposed seven minutes into the second period when Brazilian defender Maicon evaded Ramires to plant a near-post corner past Begovic. But they reacted in a positive way and tried to get a result.
“I think it was a good performance with two ridiculous mistakes”.
In September we saw a back-up goalkeeper come to their rescue after Thibaut Courtois’ long-term injury, while two young stars have shown the future is encouraging for the west Londoners. Should Arsenal fail to win one of the games, they will face elimination at the group stage for the first time since 1998.
Archrivals Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger found themselves in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons after another miserable night for English clubs in the Champions League.
“The teams Mourinho had, you had certainties that they were going to play week-in-week-out that and drove a belief through the team”, Ferdinand said on BT Sport Europe.
Mourinho managed Porto from 2002 to 2004, famously guiding them to Champions League glory before leaving the club for his first stint at Chelsea, and the Portuguese tactician paid tribute to his former team. He knows what we can do.
Mourinho praised his players’ reaction, with Ivanovic going close and Diego Costa hitting the bar and also appealing for a penalty for handball against Ivan Marcano. Good feelings, happiness, self-esteem – players need that to play. I didn’t see players who would stand up and be counted in that way.
“We had the game under control”.
Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho too was critical of his players and termed them having unstable attitude in the press conference.
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Costa completes his ban in Saturday’s Premier League clash with Southampton, but it is hard to know who will replace him as fellow strikers Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao were not selected to travel to Portugal.
