Mourinho Post Game analysis (West ham) On Ivanovic Dive - Unsurprisingly Mourinho felt Ivanovic deserved a spot-kick. I think its a penalty, the Blues boss said. On television it looks a penalty, for me. I think the other guy grabs him. But no reaction until Carroll reacts negatively. It was just an isolated situation, according to Mourinho. The game was good, aggressive, but correct, the Chelsea manager added. The only guy that dived was (Enner) Valencia. It was not in the box, it was outside the box. Nobody reacted negatively to that. We are a much better team when we have the ball, Mourinho added. Last year we were very strong defensively, very well organised, but a bit lacking in creativity when we had the ball. The challenge this season was to bring that creativity, that dynamism, without losing the good defensive qualities of the team. At the beginning of the season there was a little bit of conflict between these two ideas. It was difficult to have a clean sheet. In this moment we have a good balance. Chelsea are also hard-working. Instead of training twice on Saturday, the players opted to train immediately after the Hammers victory to prepare for Sundays trip to Southampton. Some will have a recovery session, others a more strenuous workout. Mourinho said: I had two training sessions for tomorrow, but they were crying so much in the dressing room I decided to make a change. They are training now. Jose Mourinho was in rather pensive mood in his post-match interview today, after his Chelsea side comprehensively beat West Ham 2-0 in the London derby. Mourinho cut quite a serious figure as he looked back on a game that he feels his side thoroughly deserved to win, thanks to their collective and individual quality. Mourinho highlighted his side’s ‘touch football’ style, which he believes is symbolized by Cesc Fabregas, Eden Hazard, Willian and Oscar. Fabregas has been central to Chelsea’s brilliant form and style this season, sitting in front of the defence and dictating things from midfield. Cesc has made the most passes, had the most touches, and has the most assists in the Premier League this season, so Mourinho was right to give him so much credit. Jose says that once again he is so proud of the players on a Boxing Day for how they perform at this time of year.the performances are always solid and he is happy as a coach and happy as a guy because he loves these players The team is better with the ball than last season, more creative without losing the good defending of last season. Jose says the physical recovery was good after the Stoke game, but it is different now with another game in two days. We did well against a defensive West Ham 1st half and then did well to adapt against a more attacking Hammers 2nd half. #COYB xD :D
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:00:07 +0000
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