He took off his bib and launched it towards manager Jose Mourinho.
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However, Costa was omitted from the starting line-up for the trip to White Hart Lane and, having not participated in the warm-up, threw his bib in the manager’s direction after Ruben Loftus-Cheek entered as the final substitute in second-half stoppage time. I am happy with my decision and the players.
But, the bib missed Mourinho by a couple of inches and he joked in his post-match press conference that if Costa indeed wanted to hurt him, he would not do it with a training bib. So for me a No. 10 is a very special player in my team, when I play with a No. 10, which in Chelsea in the last period we are doing.
And Ivanovic, who captained Chelsea in the absence of the injured John Terry, said: “We start the season as a team and we have to finish as a team. I have to run again.’ All players know that, when you put your head down like that”, Gullit told BBC Sport.
Mourinho insisted that he had no problem with Costa’s histrionics, but his praise for Eden Hazard appeared telling. He is working well every day and his mood is positive.
“We know he’s a very good centre-forward, he’s at his best when he’s fighting, when he’s arguing, when he’s kicking, but when he’s not scoring goals with that, it stands out”, Scholes said before he game. Mourhino said Hazard had “his best game of the season” against Spurs and hailed the return of the Belgian’s “appetite” after one of his most encouraging performances where he went close to giving his side the lead in either half.
“I think the message to all my players – not just Diego – is that when we play as a team, we are much better”. I want him to concentrate on the moments that the team gets the ball. I was not expecting a player on the bench to be jumping and singing because he is not playing.
“Defensively Tottenham are good, it is hard to play against them”.
Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho was full of praise of Eden Hazard after the Blues rescued a point at the White Hart Lane against Tottenham in Sunday’s EPL fixture. “You want to end up first but we don’t think that far ahead”, Dembele said.
“We had our chances and a couple of them were really, really big chances, especially the fantastic save Lloris did on Hazard”.
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“I think we can look to December with enthusiasm”.
