CHELSEA MANAGER JOSE Mourinho hailed the members of his squad who did not play in Sunday’s League Cup final win against Tottenham as his “men-of-the-match”.
The Blues saw off their London rivals 2-0 on Sunday, with captain John Terry scoring the first just before half-time and Kyle Walker netting an own goal from a Diego Costa effort early in the second half.
While Mourinho says that he and his side will not dwell long on their success, with work still to do in other competitions, he sought to pay tribute to the players who helped them to reach Wembley.
“I’m going to be honest with you: For me, man-of-the-match is [Thibaut] Courtois, who brought us here with a fantastic semi-final against Liverpool,” he told reporters.
“Man-of-the-match is Filipe Luis and he didn’t play today – he played fantastic two matches against Liverpool.
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“Man-of-the-match is Andreas Christensen, [who] played against Shrewsbury and played so well.
“All these guys are men of the match for me, maybe more than John and maybe more than the lucky ones who played this final. I feel sorry for them so, for me, they are the man of the match because this is a team and a final is a final, Wembley is Wembley, the League Cup has prestige, Tottenham is Tottenham, is not a normal team and I am really proud of the guys.
“But celebrations are over in 20 minutes. Goodbye, we train tomorrow, we have another game on Wednesday…”
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CHELSEA MANAGER JOSE Mourinho hailed the members of his squad who did not play in Sunday’s League Cup final win against Tottenham as his “men-of-the-match”.
The Blues saw off their London rivals 2-0 on Sunday, with captain John Terry scoring the first just before half-time and Kyle Walker netting an own goal from a Diego Costa effort early in the second half.
While Mourinho says that he and his side will not dwell long on their success, with work still to do in other competitions, he sought to pay tribute to the players who helped them to reach Wembley.
“I’m going to be honest with you: For me, man-of-the-match is [Thibaut] Courtois, who brought us here with a fantastic semi-final against Liverpool,” he told reporters.
“Man-of-the-match is Andreas Christensen, [who] played against Shrewsbury and played so well.
“But celebrations are over in 20 minutes. Goodbye, we train tomorrow, we have another game on Wednesday…”
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