Mourinho slams Chelsea stars: They were -1 out of 10
The 52-year-old lambasted his players for their
first-half display and admits he is at a loss as to
why they made a marked improvement after the
breakJose Mourinho has slammed his Chelsea
players for their first-half display against
Newcastle United by rating their performance as
‘minus one out of 10’.
Ayoze Perez opened the scoring for Steve
McClaren’s side before Georginio Wijnaldum
doubled the hosts’ lead, but the Premier League
champions rescued a point with late goals from
Ramires and Willian.
"In the first half, from 0 to 10, [Chelsea were] -1.
It was that bad,” Mourinho told SkySports .
“In the second half we played very well. Ramires
and Willian moved the game. They brought more
intensity, midfield pressing, more recovery, much
more dynamic arriving in dangerous positions. An
intensity Newcastle couldn't cope with.
"The second half was really good. I'm very happy
with the second half, really disappointed with the
first half. And I have to try to understand why one
team can play so bad in one half and so well in
another one. In every aspect in the first half we
were bad. Poor individual performances, too
many. As a consequence of that it's impossible for
a team to be a good, competitive team.”
Loic Remy started in attack in the absence of
Diego Costa, who is serving a three-game ban,
and Mourinho admits his side missed the
Spaniard’s presence.
"Of course [Chelsea missed Costa]. The decision
to suspend him, everybody knows that we lose
potential when we don't have him,” said the
Chelsea manager.
“So great decision. I have to believe so, it's
difficult to say. It's not fair to say. I just say that
he's a very important player for us."
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