Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho explains decision to drop Eden Hazard

However, this wasn’t something that Sherwood seemed concerned about in his post match interview, stating that he’s “positive”, and telling that if the players need inspiration, “they need to look to me”.

Rebrov, who was renowned for his partnership with former Chelsea striker Andriy Shevchenko when they played together at Dynamo Kiev, has had a successful start to management.

“I want to go out on the front foot and, if I die, I die on my sword”. Last season’s FA Cup finalists were left to rue those missed chances. “He trained like Eden”.

“I don’t know”, said Sherwood when asked about reports questioning his job security. “To me he said absolutely nothing in relation to that”, Mourinho said.

“I speak with him every day”. It’s quite unusual the press know something I don’t know and my club doesn’t know.

“What he has to do is play more?”. Diego Costa was the man of the moment after scoring in the first half as well as seeing his second half strike force Alan Hutton to divert the ball into his own net.

“It appears to us that increasing levels of fine are not on their own going to be a reliable deterrent for Mr Mourinho against improper comments to the media”.

“He has a go, that’s what I encourage him to do”.

“It’s a direct competition between players for one position”.

Falcao, Oscar and Remy were left behind for the loss at Porto three weeks ago due to a selection decision. “He feels empowered to take on the players and there does seem to be a them and us mentality”. We needed midfield players to be concerned with being solid.

Dynamo suffered a damaging 3-0 defeat by rivals Shakhtar Donetsk on Friday, but Rebrov is eager to make the most of any uncertainty within the Chelsea side as they look to consolidate their place at the top of Group G.

“With a little bit more high intensity as well, they’re capable of doing that and that’s what we need to do”.

The match featured two Ghanaians with Baba Rahman playing the entire duration of the game for Chelsea.

“We can not make a collection of wingers”.

The Belgian’s omission from the starting eleven was only the first time he will not be starting a Premier League game since April 2014, and Mourinho opted to field Pedro and the in-form Willian on either flanks.

The Blues have endured a hard start to their season as they sit 11th in the Premier League standings with a tally of 11 points from their first nine games.

“Obviously you don’t need to lose and lose and lose, because then psychological issues are coming into the game”, said the Portuguese, whose side trail Dynamo and Porto by a point after two matches. We don’t think about where we are.