Mourinho: It was frustrating that today’s game ended so close

Ruddy frustrated the home side yet again just before the halftime break, as the Norwich goalkeeper popped up with a fine save to deny Costa from close range.

He added: “Obviously we are very sorry with everything that happened during the week and I think the stadium and all the professionals had a fantastic reaction of pain and solidarity with all the victims”. Though they still seem much too good to be sucked into a genuine relegation scrap, things don’t seem to be improving at Stamford Bridge. The second one, in the last minute, is really a big one. We ought to rating three, 4 or 5 objectives, and we did not.

“If the result is fake, it is fake because we should have scored more goals”.

“It’s a bit of a relief”. You get heavy and the pressure is there.

Costa has been struggling to score goals this season and has recorded more cards than goals already while summer signing Radamel Falcao has failed to impress since his arrival during the summer transfer window and Loic Remy is also not doing good.

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After Costa had opened the scoring midway through the second half, Neil admitted his players found it hard to get back into the match, despite a gameplan that had largely worked against the Blues.

“If I had to choose somebody to score the winning goal, I would go exactly with him”. Make sure to check out our free online live stream links below so you can tune in and watch the exciting Barclays Premier League match, complete with a preview of today’s game! “He is young and has the potential to be one of the best”. Afterwards Mourinho described how he wondered during the last few minutes of the game, when Norwich threw everything they had at it, if perhaps another catastrophe was about to befall him, that “maybe we score in our own goal in the last minute”.

“I think we should go together, me and the players”.

“Our focus will be getting the best out of what we have got in the squad, not them”.

“Players will wear black armbands incorporating the French flag and fans in the Matthew Harding Stand will display a new crowd-surfing flag as the teams emerge from the tunnel for the game”. Eden created chances for us which was important, and also for his confidence.

The Chelsea manager said: “I am happy with my players”.

“We have to go game after game. The fourth position is not an impossible mission”, he said.