Mourinho: I was disappointed with Costa, but we made up
Many expected it to be fairly elementary from there, but Jose Mourinho’s side would have a hard time trying to find cracks in the 10-man Tel-Aviv, who forced a decent close-range save from Asmir Begovic in their search for an equaliser.
However, with Dynamo Kyiv winning 2-0 against Porto, the qualifiers for the last 16 will only be determined in the last round of matches, when Chelsea host Porto and Kyiv welcome Maccabi.
However, Costa completed the match, and Mourinho quickly denied any talk of any lasting damage after the game.
“I did the change because I have Pedro”, Mourinho said. “I was disappointed that he didn’t and I reacted”.
He said: “I think after what I did, I think it was worse”.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has blamed the “dangerous” state of Maccabi Tel Aviv’s pitch for an ankle injury that could see John Terry miss Sunday’s London derby against Tottenham.
“One injury yesterday on this pitch with Ramires and another one today with John Terry because the pitch is really bad”.
Costa was the wronged party in the first half’s major flashpoint, with Maccabi’s former Chelsea defender Tal Ben Haim sent off for taking a crude hack at the Spain global. I know if we lose we go into the Europa League. “But to leave the pitch with the result 1-0, I don’t believe too much that he can play”. “I even have a player that tomorrow his wife can have a baby and he is here to play because he knows how important it is for me”. “Ruben is the last one who can complain about that”, Mourinho told a news conference on Monday.
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