Jose Mourinho believes both his own side and today’s opponents, West Ham United, have made great strides since we played out a goalless draw at Stamford Bridge last January. Mourinho : ‘I think Chelsea deserve to be top of the league, After us, for West Ham to be fourth, for a team that everybody was expecting to be fighting for survival, I think is a fantastic achievement. Really, very good.’ ‘Both teams are different from last season, ‘We are a better team, we have more creativity, more goals, more attacking dynamic. ‘West Ham are also a better team. They are not just a team who don’t want to concede, they also try to score goals, so the game will be very difficult. Both teams have the capacity now to produce a completely different game. ‘Last season, they were in big trouble. When you are fighting against relegation you have to do everything to get a point. It was a turning point for them as it gave them the confidence they needed. ‘They stayed in the division but this season is different. The way they play every game they are a more complete team, more difficult, a different team with better players and also Big Sam is showing now he’s not what people sometimes say. ‘They say he’s a defensive coach, he only knows how to play physically, direct, long balls, but he is giving a different impression of himself which can make the game more difficult for us, but at the same time more attractive for everyone.’ Mourinho on Sam Allardyce: ‘He’s got a big history in the Premier League,’ said the Blues boss. ‘But now this season he’s giving not just the image of the competitive coach who plays in a certain way, he’s playing in a different way. That is what he deserves. ‘We exchange lots of messages. Me, him and Peter Reid, we had a week together for the Robbie Williams Soccer Aid match, having lunch, having dinner. You get a different type of relationship and know the person much, much better which you can’t do when you only see each other for one minute before and after a game. ‘I like him very, very much and I’m very happy that everything is going well for them. If they finish in the top four then Big Sam will be manager of the season, West Ham will be team of the season because it would be an amazing achievement if you compare West Ham’s investment with the other teams around them. But why not?’
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 12:12:48 +0000
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