Chelsea boss targets Champions League title following Porto victory

Jose Mourinho was glad to see Lady Luck finally put in an appearance at Stamford Bridge as the Chelsea progressed into the Champions League knockout stage.

Jose Mourinho’s men are down in 14th place in the Premier League and travel to surprise leaders Leicester City on Monday.

However, overall, Chelsea were well worth their win against a disappointing Porto side. When we won at Inter [Milan] in 2010 we were not candidates.

“With 10 points normally that it is enough to qualify but we lost the previous match [to Kiev] and [the Chelsea game] was complicated”, he told Sport TV.

The Portuguese was peaking after a 2-0 win over his former club Porto secured qualification to the last 32.

His squad suffered a shock home defeat to newly promoted Bournemouth at the weekend as they registered their eight loss of the current term.

Costa has scored only four goals this season and threw a bib in his direction after being an usued substitute during the 0-0 draw at Tottenham in November.

“They don’t want to play Barcelona, they don’t want to play Real Madrid, they don’t want to play Atletico (Madrid), they don’t want to play Bayern (Munich)”.

Chelsea players celebrate Willian’s goal, the team’s second against Porto on Wednesday night.

Chelsea might have been one of favorites to win the Champions League at the start of the season, but their recent woes have made them the underdogs going into the round of 16.

It is in the Premier League, however, where there is most concern.

“We are disappointed about the result”. We have played several games in recent times. So, yes, clearly there’s a lack of confidence but his attitude was very good and his movement was much better.

The Brazilian was one of the Blues’ stand-out performers and doubled their lead after Ivan Marcano’s first-half own goal.

Both sides know that a loss would jeopardise their chances of qualifying for the Round of 16, however, Porto have been firing as of late, and Chelsea have not.