Diego Costa performed well and led the line
impressively, particularly during the second half after we had been harshly
reduced to 10 men following the sending off of Thibaut Courtois.
‘‘He did very
well and in the second half it was very difficult because there was a big
distance (between him and his team-mates), we had one player less and it was a
great effort,’’said Mourinho.
‘’Even so, I
was not expecting him to resist for 90 minutes but because we wanted to try to
collect a goal we went with him until the end and it was very important for us
that he played for 90 minutes with such a physical performance. He’s very happy
with the reaction of his body after such a difficult game’’.
Mourinho was
pleased with the character his side showed in the second half, and we ended the
game having enjoyed a higher percentage of possession than Swansea even after
playing for over half an hour with 10 men. The manager explained how he set us
up to continue to offer an attacking threat despite the numerical disadvantage.
‘For a period
we played 4-4-1 and after that we played with Diego and Hazard in
attack with three men across midfield,’ said the Portuguese.
‘In the last part of the game we put Falcao on
as a target man with the other two floating behind.’
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