“I’m glad we don’t have 11 Diego Costas in the team because the desire to suspend him would be so big”, Mourinho said at a press conference ahead of Chelsea’s Champions League match with Porto.
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Jose Mourinho has provided a stinging assessment of his Chelsea side by claiming he doesn’t have “serial champions” in his squad after the club’s woeful start to the campaign. Win today, draw tomorrow, three points here, one point there. Nearly every season they have something in the pocket, but how many more do we have?
Elsewhere on the Champions League coupon, Barcelona are 2/5 to see off Bayer Leverkusen without Lionel Messi, who will be out injured for a few months with a knee injury. Two ridiculous moments and we were punished.
“Diego hit the post, Ivanovic had a chance with an open goal, one metre from the goal, the last minute situation, a clear penalty”.
Per Mertesacker says Arsenal’s lack of concentration saw them drift to an unacceptable 3-2 defeat against Olympiacos that leaves their Champions League hopes on a knife edge. The Champions League brings a different emotion to matches, to the crowd and opposing players. We have champions, but not serial champions. “It’s hard to win the [domestic] cups, but possible”.
Mourinho recognises winning the competitive Premier League season after season is a challenge which is hard to achieve, but he demands the attitude of serial winners, nonetheless.
The Premier League champions have made an inconsistent start to the season and drew 2-2 at Newcastle on Saturday to sit 15th in the table after just two wins in their first seven games.
Yacine Brahimi is the latest Porto player Chelsea are said to be keen on, while Paris St-Germain are interested in signing John Mikel Obi according to reports in the midfielder’s native Nigeria. We lacked discipline, even when you get a goal back don’t rush yourself.
It was a dismal return to his former club for Mourinho, whose career took off when he coached Porto to the Champions League title in 2004. I have very good players, players I like very much.
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He added: “Generally I’m happy and positive”. Everyone knows when Newcastle play Chelsea they play amazingly well but when they play other teams, they don’t play so well.
