By Tyne-Talk
November 2 2013

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is being quoted in The Mirror as saying that his side played like they were playing in a friendly for the first 45 minutes of the game against Newcastle United earlier today. Newcastle won the game 2-0 with goals from Yoan Gouffran and Loic Remy both coming in the second half.

Jose said;

“I made 11 mistakes with my team selection – 11 mistakes. That’s the feeling  I have when my team plays so badly. We deserved to lose because for 45 minutes  we played at the level of a friendly. The result is down to the fact that one  team wasn’t there.

There was no aggression there and we lacked intensity. It was a bad  performance and it sends me home with a lot to think about because I have to try  and ­understand where a display like this came from. I’d be worried if we  play like that again.

We’ve won just once away in the league this season and that concerns me.

You have to come here to Newcastle with a certain mentality, and we just  didn’t show that. We were lacking everything and that’s how I explain a result  like this.

We’re 10 games in and it’s an open title race, but that’s not ­something  I’m thinking about every week at the moment.

I must go home and reflect on this game because Newcastle gave us a lot of  space to play in and hurt them, but we just lacked any kind of sharpness.”

Jose Says Chelsea Played NUFC Game As If It Was A Friendly

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02/11/2013 22:45

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mentalman
03/11/2013 08:37

Poor Jose

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MissC
03/11/2013 09:20

His response on MOTD the quite good. He was obviously very angry.

Bit on an insult suggesting that they were playing like it was a friendly though.

We were just the better team

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mentalman
03/11/2013 09:33

what about the other 52 minutes?

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MissC
03/11/2013 10:56

They just didn't have their normal flare did they. Oh well.

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mentalman
03/11/2013 11:18

i didn't think they played that badly, Krul pulled of some great saves and debuchy in particular made some goal saving blocks so its not as if they didn't have chances, we just defended them and took ours better

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davenufc
03/11/2013 16:24

Agree with Debuchy, thought it was his best match since joining. I made him MOTM.

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mentalman
03/11/2013 17:47

agreed debuchy or gouffy for mom

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