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“It’s a start”, Azpilicueta told the club’s official website.

Chelsea full-back Cesar Azpilicueta says that confidence is returning to the team following back-to-back wins.

“It was important for a lot of reasons and very pleasing”.

An ankle injury for John Terry, who was carried off on a stretcher and is now set to miss Sunday’s trip to Spurs, also took the shine off Chelsea’s win.

Ramires also suffered an injury on the eve of the encounter, ruling the midfielder out of the matchday squad.

The Blues hero has struggled to find form for Chelsea this season, netting just four goals in 17 games in all competitions.

He was not involved in the Blues’ opener in Israel and then taken off with 69 minutes gone before Chelsea added three more goals to give the Champions League scoreline some gloss.

Whether a resurgence, following the win over Norwich, is real will be tested by Spurs, who play in Azerbaijan on Thursday night, with Sunday’s noon kick-off time angering Mauricio Pochettino.

However, despite being linked with an immediate move back to the Premier League, it’s understood that Robin van Persie is happy at Fenerbahce and the striker himself has played down links with Chelsea.

However, quick-fix options have emerged in the shape of Leicester’s Jamie Vardy and Saido Berahino of West Bromwich Albion, as they both have just 18 months left on their contracts and would both meet the Premier League’s criteria for a “homegrown” player and would be available in Europe.

“We were playing well in the last few games prior to Norwich as well, but we didn’t get the results we deserved”.

Mourinho was in playful, but confident mood following the 4-0 Champions League soccer victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv that edged them closer to the knock-out rounds on Tuesday night. With the draw I don’t know. “It all boils down to the Porto game at Stamford Bridge for us to top the table”. “So bring it on”.

Chelsea host Porto while the Ukrainian outfit are at home to Maccabi.

The 52-year-old was less impressed with the pitch in Haifa, though, after his captain Terry picked up an injury and had to be replaced with Kurt Zouma.