Thibaut Courtois urges Chelsea teammates to ‘show strength’ after horror

As a result, there has been a lot of speculation that trigger happy owner Roman Abramovich will consider dispensing with the services of manager Jose Mourinho if Chelsea go on to lose their upcoming Champions League encounter against Porto on Wednesday night.

Newly-promoted Bournemouth won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening thanks to an 82nd-minute goal from substitute Glenn Murray.

Thibaut Courtois has revealed the Chelsea players were left upset following their eighth Premier League defeat of the season at the weekend, but insists the Blues will now regroup and show their strength when they host Porto in the Champions League. “It is that our objective is to finish top four”.

“Before this game I think it was fair to think and feel that with our quality and by winning three or four matches in a row we could push up to the kind of position where I was expecting to be”.

Other than backing Mourinho, Ferguson has been impressed by the impact Jurgen Klopp has -already had on Liverpool and admits he is concerned about the club’s potential success under the German.

“If they qualify, I think that Chelsea can go a long way in the Champions League”.

Ferguson also said he was “worried” that Jurgen Klopp’s move to Liverpool would elevate the Reds above Manchester United. “The creation is collective, but the finishing is something very individual and at this moment we’re not having that”.

The Portuguese again bemoaned missed opportunities against Bournemouth, who last season won the Championship, but afterwards repeated his claim he would not seek transfer activity in January to improve his squad.

“We just have to fight every day, every game”.

A string of crosses were delivered into the heart of the penalty box but, more often than not, visiting keeper Artur Boruc was able to watch the ball sail harmlessly to safety because no Chelsea player was on hand in the danger zone.

“All good leaders will eventually find a solution”. The club is the club, the owner and the board – they are not responsible for the bad moment. “In our best period, when everybody was waiting for our goal, they score. The referee made a mistake and the linesman made a mistake, and that’s football”.

The Scot, who led United to 13 Premier League titles and five FA Cups, believes the Stamford Bridge coach will emerge from the current crisis, even though it is the first time he has had to cope with such a situation.

Spain forward Diego Costa netted their only goal in the previous three Premier League games but he has been lacklustre and did not start either of the last two matches, with Eden Hazard playing as the main striker.