Im not parking the bus! Mourinho claims Chelsea will go on the attack despite naming Matic and Luiz in Chelsea midfield Jose Mourinho is planning to park the bus at Manchester City this evening after it emerged his playmaker Oscar will miss out. Mourinho will start with David Luiz and new signing Nemanja Matic in the holding midfield roles as he attempts to stop Citys Yaya Toure. However, the 51-year-old refused to admit that he has set Chelsea up defensively for the game. When asked by Sky Sports Geoff Shreeves if he could be accused of parking the bus, Mouinho said: ‘I dont think so because the parking of the bus has no relation to with what the manager chooses but how the team plays. You can play with six, seven or eight defenders and play attacking football and vice versa. That is not the point. We want to play attacking football and it depends on them and they are as strong team. ‘It is a team to defend when they have the ball and a team to attack when we have the ball. If we don’t defend well we have no chance because they are good offensively We want to win and we have to score goals. ‘If you can speak about a game plan then the plan is to be strong defensively. We want to win. I want to have a lot of the ball. When they have the ball they are the most dangerous in the country and they score more goals. We know that we have to defend well because if we don’t do that we have no chance but we want to play and score goals and win the match. At the end of the match we will see the result and if we get a point it is fantastic or it could be very bad depending how the team plays, but I want to win. The Chelsea midfields task may be made easier by the fact that Martin Demichelis looks set for a start in midfield for City as Brazilian Fernandinho misses out through injury. With Ramires on the right, Eden Hazard will be on the left and Willian is likely to start behind striker Samuel Eto’o in a 4-2-3-1 formation. But Mourinho knows City, who have won all 11 games at the Etihad in the Barclays Premier League, are a formidable outfit. Chelsea won this fixture at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season when Fernando Torres scored in the final minute against City. It prompted Mourinho to jump into the stands to hug his son Jose Junior, which cause much rancour with Manuel Pellegrini when they refused to shake hands at the final whistle. Meanwhile, City boss Pellegrini explained the reason for Fernandinhos omission from the team line-up. He told Sky Sports: Fernandinho had a muscle problem yesterday while training. Unfortunately he misses out. Hes a very important player. Demichelis has played very well in that position. Fernadinho is an important player for us, but we hope that we can continue playing well,
Posted on: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 00:06:03 +0000
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