Jose Mourinho cares little that Chelsea's eight-point advantage over Manchester City has been cut to three at the halfway stage of the Premier League season.
And the Chelsea boss and his players looked in high spirits ahead of the New Year's Day trip to Tottenham as they braced the cold weather during a training session on Wednesday morning.
John Terry, in particular, appeared to be enjoying the session as the Blues captain was left in stitches after the players piled on top of John Obi Mikel at Cobham.
Chelsea have been pace-setters since their opening win at Burnley, with only New Year's Day opponents Tottenham temporarily overtaking them on goal difference after two rounds of matches.
Now, after playing all the other 19 teams in the Premier League and ahead of the first return fixture of the season, Mourinho has reflected on a strong start by his side.
'Everybody starts with the same points and if we have one more point than them (Manchester City), we did well,' Mourinho said.
'We are top of the league at the end of the first round because we deserve it and because it is a consequence of what we did.
'Chelsea is playing very well since the beginning of the season. That's the only thing we work at, the only thing we concentrate on.
'And in the second part of the season we are going to try to do exactly the same thing.
'Against Tottenham, we will be there again trying to get a good result.'
Mourinho is chasing a third Premier League title and Chelsea's first in five years.
Seven times he has led a championship on Christmas Day - in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain - and each time his team has gone on to win the title.
No comments:
Post a Comment