Jose Mourinho slams Chelsea defensive errors after City defeat

Alam Khan - Reporter 05:44 17/08/2015
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  • Unhappy: Mourinho.

    Jose Mourinho blasted Chelsea’s fragile defence after hauling captain John Terry off at half-time in their 3-0 loss at Manchester City.

    The champions are now five points behind their rivals after the Etihad humbling and the Blues boss bemoaned their dismal display, although the Portuguese branded the scoreline “completely fake”.

    “We were defensively poor in the first half,” said Mourinho. “When the game started and 10 seconds later you have Aguero behind the defensive line and facing Begovic, you get immediately the notion the start was not good. He had two or three saves with that fragility.

    “The second half was a different story. They didn’t create anything, long balls behind counter attack and everything was under control. Second goal mistake, third mistake.

    “If the 1-0 was a doubtful result at minute 70, 75, the 3-0 is completely fake because at 1-0 Chelsea was the better team in the second half.”

    On subbing Terry for the first time as his Chelsea boss, he added: “He was not dancing in the dressing room and he was not having a bad reaction. He did what everybody does. The manager says this guy comes in and that guy goes out and they all understand. They wait for the team, they change or shower and go back to the bench.

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    “I don’t know if you ask many questions to Rafa Benitez, Andre Villas-Boas, Roberto Di Matteo, to the ones that never played him.

    “I am the one you shouldn’t ask because I am the one who played John every game, made him captain, recovered him from a difficult situation with other managers and had the right to say I want Zouma on the pitch.

    “The point was not to take John out, but to put Zouma in. I want to have my fastest player on the pitch and not on the bench. I know they are going to play counter attack and long balls to Aguero. I want to have him on the pitch.”

    Mourinho has strengthened his defence with the signing of Augsburg left-back Abdul Rahman Baba, the Ghanian last night flying to London after completing a €20m (Dh81.6m) transfer.

    Mourinho may have been irked with the result but City chief Manuel Pellegrini said: “Our team played better and 3-0 is the minimum we deserved. It was a great performance. No, we are not sending a message to anyone.

    “In football, nothing is significant until the end of the season.”

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