Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho gave his players the silent treatment after shock FA Cup home defeat by Bradford City Chelsea squandered a two-goal lead at home to Bradford on Saturday The League One side won 4-2 to reach the FA Cup fifth round Mourinho revealed he did not say a word to his players after the game He was back in training on Sunday as Chelsea prepare to face Liverpool What did I say to the players? Nothing. Not a word, said Mourinho. It wasnt a moment to speak to them. Instead, Mourinho used Sundays scheduled warm down training session at the clubs Cobham HQ to begin the inquest into the defeat. The Chelsea manager was at his desk by 8am on Sunday ahead of his players arrival. His first priority was to ensure there is not a lingering hangover following Saturdays embarrassing loss with tomorrows Capital One Cup semi-final second leg clash against Liverpool looming. I dont think they played poorly — the way they arrived to 2-0 looked quite comfortable. The goal they scored after forty something minutes got them into the game and after that there are things difficult to explain. Goals we missed, goals we concede. Do I blame myself for this? (I blame myself) the same as the players. I think we should share between us. But if I am the boss, the boss has more responsibilities. Maybe the players switched off after going 2-0 up. But at half-time it was 2-1 and then we spoke about the danger of the situation. We spoke about how they play, we repeated at half-time what we spoke in the preparation of the match. Maybe you dont believe but we prepared in the same way we prepare for a Premier League match, the same power point presentation, same analysis, the same information, we prepare exactly the same way. We respect them — at least I respect them — in the way we prepared for the game but at half-time the players thought We are going to score, not them and when they scored for 2-2, after that the game became crazy. Without key-defensive trio John Terry, Nemanja Matic and Branislav Ivanovic, who were all rested, the Blues struggled to stem the flow of Bradfords second- half momentum. But Mourinho insists he still has faith in his squad despite losing. Did we miss Terrys leadership? No, said the Portuguese. We played lots of games without John. We played almost every Cup game without John. We played Bolton, Shrewsbury and Watford without John and the team coped well with the situation. I trust my squad. It is not because of this disappointment and this bad performance that I am going to change. It is easy for you to understand now why I play almost every game with the same players. I dont make many changes. I try to keep stability in the team. Maybe now you can understand a bit better why. I dont want to speak too much about it. This is my squad — lets move on. This result doesnt alter may plans in the transfer market. Im happy to go with the squad I have. This is Chelsea always thinking and being proud of thinking of numbers and Financial Fair Play and so on. We cannot now go to the market and spend money. I am completely with the club. I share this idea. I dont think we are going to the market, unless someone makes a market with us.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 00:42:56 +0000
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