Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has admitted that his side’s objective this season is now to finish in the top four and qualify for the Champions League. Costa’s best chance came after 77 minutes when Cesc Fabregas passed the ball over the Cherries defence but a stretching Costa could only shoot straight at Boruc.
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“I felt we lost our way a bit early [in the] second half and Chelsea put some pressure on, which is something you expect here”.
Chelsea’s Nemanja Matic, left, vies for the ball with Bournemouth’s Joshua King during the E … He started on the bench after Mourinho had recently called on him to anticipate chances better, per the Guardian’s Dominic Fifield. The reality is that, this season, they are not scoring enough goals for us.
“We can’t accept how we played today”, keeper Joe Hart said.
Chelsea’s Willian, left, competes for the ball with Bournemouth’s Charlie Daniels during the …
Not in the first half though, where they had taken the game to Chelsea and been unfortunate not to score a goal of their own before Jose Mourinho tried to throw everything at them after the break.
After the game, Howe spoke to Sky Sports and was delighted with the performance of his players, especially the defenders.
West Ham – injury-hit and without a clean sheet in its previous nine games – struck the post twice in the first half and wasted great one-on-one chances through Victor Moses and Mauro Zarate. In the second half we did that. I’m really disappointed with the result, not so disappointed with the performance but very disappointed with the result.
The Special One’s tactic was apparent – he wanted a target man up front for the second half.
The lack of progress, with each mini-revival pursued by another dismal setback, has undermined Mourinho’s authority, though the manager reiterated his belief that he retains the confidence of the club’s hierarchy.
After his Bournemouth side battled to an impressive victory at Stamford Bridge, Eddie Howe believes they can play anyone in the Premier League and win. We got our payments deferred for 9 months last season, to collect a Premier League and a League Cup trophy, but now it’s all coming due, and with interest.
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But it was Murray who settled the game, nodding in from close range after fit-again Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois had come for a corner and missed.
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While Chelsea has enjoyed hundreds of millions of dollars of investment from billionaire Roman Abramovich in the last 12 years, Bournemouth has only benefited from more modest Russian investment from Maxim Demin since 2011.
