Mourinho keen to ‘protect’ Costa & Remy
Jose Mourinho has said Loic Remy, Diego Costa, Oscar and Thibaut Courtois could all have featured against Leicester, but Chelsea’s comfortable lead at the top of the Premier League meant there was no need to risk them.
Nineteen-goal striker Costa was left out of the squad because of his hamstring problem and fellow forward Remy has also been nursing an injury.
Oscar took a knock to the head against Arsenal and goalkeeper Courtois was “not 100% fit” according to Mourinho.
The Blues boss explained: “We don’t need to risk. If we lose against Arsenal or Leicester I would go with them because they are both there.
“Diego and Remy, they trained yesterday [Tuesday] with the team. Today [Wednesday] they trained – without us, but the training was really hard and intense.
“It was the same with Oscar. He was ready to play when we were losing 1-0. In the moment we were winning I don’t need to play Oscar. He is fine.
“When you can protect, you protect. And the other way to protect is when you have the two best goalkeepers in the world, if one has a little pain and is 98%, you play the one that is 100%.”
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01/05/2015 @ 6:29 am
Chelsea deserves it and great respect for their efforts. Job well done by the manager and the players too.
01/05/2015 @ 4:08 am
I agree with those saying Chelsea are boring but my reason is because of the way they play compare to teams like both the Manchester teams.Barcelona.and the Madrid teams.PSG then to me watching Chelsea play is like watching Millwall fc and Cardiff city fc.we need rebuild the squad.i wish they buy Higuain.Jese Rodriguez.Bale.Pogba.Carvalho.Musacchio and utilise Felipe Luis and make no mistake by selling him.my vision sounds stupid but it is what the team want for improvement.
30/04/2015 @ 12:04 pm
chelseal deserve it they have been sensational all season, appreciating wen they are weak by playing defensive football it shows how much they needed points #chelsea congrats guys