Jose Mourinho: Chelsea FC ‘Were Killers In Attack’
After the shootout that was the Chelsea FC-Everton match last night it would make sense to be of two minds when it comes to the outcome. Of course you would be pleased that Chelsea got all three points and scored six goals, but conceding three goals is not typical of a Jose Mourinho-lead team.
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Mourinho echoed those sentiments with his post-match comments when he said: “I think if the salt and pepper of football is goals then to have nine goals in a Premier League match is fantastic ingredients so I think (we saw) two teams that played the offensive way fantastically well. I know they (Everton) are a good offensive side, but to concede three goals is too much. All of them I can clearly define the mistakes, the people involved and where we failed.”
Jose and the staff will likely spend very little time focusing on the attack and should spend much of the week trying to shore up the defense. If he can clean up those defensive errors then Chelsea look in very good shape for the rest of the season.
Mourinho also spoke about the attack and said: “We were killers in attack, especially on the counter-attack, so when you come to this stadium and get three points it is a reason to be happy. When you come here and score six goals, obviously my players did well. We try to have the initiative so we are a different team. But I want to be different in that we play better football, score more goals, but I don’t want to be different in the sense that we concede goals and to concede three goals and identify the mistakes we made is something I have to work at.”
Chelsea scored six goals in a match last season but it was against an Arsenal side that was completely dominated in midfield. The goals yesterday came in a competitive fixture and most came at the end of swift attacking moves orchestrated through midfield. The most encouraging aspect was surely Diego Costa’s double as the Spanish front man looks like he has been with the squad for years, not months.
Source: Sky Sports
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