“It’s a big game for us against Bournemouth and we have to win it to confirm we are back”.
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“Chelsea obviously won’t be fighting for relegation – that’s not the point”.
The club is the club, and when I say the club, I mean the owner and the board – they are not responsible for the bad moment.
Many suggest if Mourinho was to be axed, he would have gone by now, with the lack of alternatives a saving grace.
Courtois said: “Of course we are upset, but we have to regroup again and show strength against Porto in the Champions League and next Monday at Leicester”.
The Blues have tasted four home league defeats this season.
“We have had a good group phase but the pain was the defeat at home by Dinamo Kyiv”.
“But the reality is that it’s a knockout”.
Jamie Redknapp has revealed he wouldn’t be surprised if Jose Mourinho “unleashes” Chelsea’s out-of-favour striker Diego Costa against Porto on Wednesday evening, as per Sky Sports.
‘Yes it was a penalty (the handball) and the goal was offside but the referee made a mistake and the linesman made a mistake.
To extend the boxing analogy, Chelsea and Mourinho are on the ropes and landing few punches in retaliation.
Last season’s Championship winners were the latest team to go to Stamford Bridge, once such a fortress, and win.
A gutted Mourinho felt his team ought to have gotten a just reward for their efforts.
Asked if he still has the confidence of the club, Mourinho said: “Yes, I believe”.
He said he “was not expecting” the defeat to Bournemouth and added: “The team was in a good moment, working well, playing well”. “In our best period, when everybody was waiting for our goal, they score”.
“We didn’t score against Stoke, we didn’t against Tottenham”.
“To get the result to put you in that position where you need to be, you need to be consistent”.
Having repelled waves of Chelsea attacks, Bournemouth’s goal came in the 82nd minute when Glenn Murray exploited the hosts’ failure to clear a corner by heading into the net less than two minutes after coming on as a substitute.
“We didn’t deserve to lose”, the Portuguese said.
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“In the first half we were not aggressive enough”.
