Chelsea Can End Up Leading Pack, Says Jose

Porto, whose defeat coupled with Dynamo’s Kiev win against Maccaci Tel Aviv sent Mourinho’s former club out of the tournament, rallied late on and Thibaut Courtois produced a good save to deny Jesus Corona.

Chelsea’s Diego Costa looks on as his deflected shot spins off Porto defender Ivan Marcano into the net for an own goal. That is not easy when the moment is bad and the results are so negative, when the pressure is so high; they were fearless to accept that challenge. Being here is the minimum we can give to our supporters.

With Chelsea‘s domestic form so poor, Mourinho conceded there is only an outside chance they could qualify for next season’s Champions League via a top four finish.

Mourinho was happy with Costa’s performance against Porto and said the 27-year-old was just lacking confidence.

“A team struggling so much like we are is not obviously a candidate to win the Champions League”, he said.

Oscar, Ramires, and Cesar Azpilicueta made the joint-most amount of tackles in the Champions League that night, with six each.

“When we were candidates, we lost two semi-finals with Real Madrid and Chelsea so let’s see – you never know”.

“We had John Terry, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba, but I don’t really see as many leaders in this side compared to when I was there”.

“Every team finishing second want to get us, they want to get Zenit”.

“The players fought for their pride, they didn’t want to go to the Europa League”.

We tried everything in the second half, but Chelsea had everything in their favour.

Diego Costa admits he has been unhappy with his start to Chelsea’s season and admits he made a mistake when he threw a bib towards Jose Mourinho.

“What is clear was his effort, his commitment, his great movement, which was something he didn’t have for the last couple of matches”.

Mourinho blamed Costa’s goal drought on lack of confidence but praised his work rate in the win over Porto.

Jose Mourinho believes Chelsea will be the team most clubs want to face in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

One area the Blues need to perform better in is in front of goal.

Chelsea, meanwhile, have only lost twice in 12 games against Portuguese teams – and have won nine.

“No problem. I’ve done my job and he has done his, and he has done well”, Mourinho told Spanish television station MEGA.