Mourinho Hails ‘Good’ Chelsea Performance, Makes Excuses For Team’s Latest Loss

The Chelsea Manager, Jose Mourinho has made another excuse for his players’ performance in Tuesday’s Champions League 2-1 loss to his former club, FC Porto.

The Chelsea boss dropped key players, Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic, preferring Nigeria’s Mikel Obi and Ramires, but it did not pay off as his side went down by a goal in the first half before a well-taken Willian free-kick ensured a share of spoils for the teams before half time.

Mourinho, whose captain, John Terry was on the bench for another 90 minutes told the club’s official website after the game that his side was a balanced team and played really well.

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, during his team’s 2-1 loss to Porto on Tuesday night.

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He however, bemoaned the mistakes that they made, stating categorically that his side was punished by those mistakes.

“It was a good performance with two ridiculous mistakes.

“Sometimes you make those mistakes and you are not punished, we were punished. With the second goal it’s a ridiculous mistake. We watched dozens of repetitions of Porto taking corners, I thought we were completely ready for that and at a moment when the game was under control and we were preparing to make a change we conceded that goal.

“We had another similar mistake when they hit the post. Apart from that I thought we had balance, defensively we had no problems and the defenders played well.

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“The basic thing in football is a defensive set play; the ball is there, you know the movements, control the spaces. The players reacted in a positive way and the team played for a positive result.

“Diego hit the bar, Ivanovic had a chance with an open goal and in the last minute it was a clear penalty (for a challenge on Kenedy). We reacted and we reacted well. I don’t think my players deserve me to be critical of them apart from the two mistakes but obviously I’m not going to point the finger.

“It’s a difficult opponent and a difficult place to play. The Champions League brings a different emotion to matches, to the crowd and opposing players. I think the team played well,” Mourinho explained.

The Portuguese tactician also spoke on his decision to leave Radamel Falcao and Loic Remy out of the game, stating: “When the team is not winning on a regular basis it’s normal you have to make changes.

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“Games like tonight are the difficult ones to analyse and make decisions after because the result doesn’t mean you played badly, the mistakes we made twice doesn’t mean the team defended badly.

“When it’s a disaster it’s easier to make decisions. We have to find balance. We now have to home games in the Premier League and we need to try to get good results. Good feelings, happiness, self-esteem, the players need those to play and when luck goes against you it’s difficult to have those feelings.”

Meanwhile, the former Real Madrid manager believes that only Mikel, Terry and Branislav Ivanovic are the serial champions in his team and has hailed their roles in his side this season.

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