After pausing and thinking about it, Mourinho said: “I know if we win, we finish first”.
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Jose Mourinho says John Terry could yet feature for Chelsea in Sunday’s Premier League clash at Tottenham.
For Eriksen, though it will be the fourth such derby experience, having come out of a recent Euro 2016 playoff heartbreak against neighbours Sweden at the worldwide arena.
“This season they have an ever better team than last season”, he said. “I was happy to have a chance to test myself and my squad against them”. And good players, which they have.
The Chelsea boss, whose team played in Israel on Tuesday night in the Champions League, said: “Nobody speaks about Tottenham as title contenders like they speak about City or United”.
“Chelsea have quality all over the pitch – we know that and there’s nothing new about it”. I’m not hiding. Today he didn’t train, but we have a little hope that it’s possible.
A draw against Porto at Stamford Bridge on the final matchday will be enough for the Blues to advance to the knockout stages, but Mourinho wants a win.
However, 13 games in, Pochettino’s Tottenham are the talk of the town.
Dier insists Spurs can cope with the fixture list and believes the club’s state-of-the-art training base will be vital to their preparations.
Spurs have only lost two of their last 20 home league games and are unbeaten since the opening day, so this one promises to be a cracker.
However, historically the west Londoners get the better of this tie and two of their star players in particular will have fond memories of going up against the Lilywhites.
“It was hard for Jose because he was very upset and didn’t speak after the game”. Now our mentality is every time we play we need to show we have the quality to win every game. But through Chelsea’s incredible shortcomings – seven league defeats and counting – the title has rarely felt so vulnerable to outsiders.
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Dembele’s combative style would certainly provide something different to the lazy and lacklustre displays that Chelsea fans have seen from Nemanja Matic and Cesc Fabregas this season, while his technique and ball control are good enough to rival any midfielder in the Premier League. “No pressure on them, like it is in the other four or five top teams to reach important positions”. Afterall, the first year in England is supposed to be the most hard for a foreign player, but Costa hadn’t taken any time finding his feet.
