Chelsea beats Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0 in Champions League

But it is yet to collect a single point and sits five behind Dynamo Kiev with two games remaining.

Chelsea, meanwhile, have won two and drawn one of their four group stage fixtures.

Mourinho expects the tie to be much more hard than the first time the clubs met in September, an encounter Chelsea won 4-0, because Maccabi now have more experience in the Champions League and will have the backing of their vociferous fans. “They deserve better than this”, he said.

“I know, and also Chelsea, we know that sometimes you win when you are not the favourites”, he told reporters. We are not satisfied that we have no points.

Chelsea played a snowball of a game against Maccabi Tel-Aviv to notch a win in the Champions League and get one step closer to a return to the group stage.

The playmaker was feted as the Premier League’s finest talent as last season ended with Chelsea winning the title and England’s top two individual awards were presented to the 24-year-old Belgian. “They have a great squad and a great manager and they will find a way to get back on track in the Premier League”.

However, the player stresses: “I don’t have a problem with Mourinho”. I said to him: “Maybe we have to try something, to change something”.

Chelsea player Abdul Baba Rahman returned to the starting line-up in the UEFA Champions League after sitting out for the weekend’s Premier League game. I tried to play my own game.

“In the first-team squad we have seven under-21 players who have 26 starts and 12 substitute appearances this season, and 43 appearances on the bench (when they were) not used”, Mourinho said. I think Maccabi’s results against Porto and Dynamo could have been completely different. “No doubt about the victory but I think Maccabi deserved a bit more than that”.

Parker made a handful of appearances for Chelsea in 1997 but he is best known for his spell at United, turning out for the Red Devils over 100 times between 1991 and 1996 before his short stint at Stamford Bridge.

And former Manchester United full-back Parker has slammed Mourinho for his “cheap” comments about Le Saux, adding it is “horrible” to see the Chelsea manager act in such a manner.

“The game is a lot more important for us than Maccabi”, he explained.