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PORTO: Jose Mourinho lamented Chelsea's defending
from set-pieces but was otherwise satisfied with his team's display
after they suffered a fifth defeat of the season on Tuesday, 2-1 at
Porto in the Champions League.
Porto, the club Mourinho led to the
Champions League title in 2004, scored in each half through Andre Andre
and Maicon while the 2012 winners replied through Willian on the stroke
of half-time.
"It was a good performance with two ridiculous mistakes," the Chelsea
manager said. "Sometimes you make those mistakes and you are not
punished, we were punished.
"With the second goal it's a ridiculous mistake. We watched dozens of
repetitions of Porto taking corners, I thought we were completely ready
for that and at a moment when the game was under control and were
preparing to make a change we conceded that goal.
"We had another
similar mistake when they hit the post. Apart from that I thought we had
balance, defensively we had no problems and the defenders played well,"
added Mourinho.
"The basic thing in football is a defensive set-play, the ball is there, you know the movements, control the spaces."
Dynamo
Kiev and Porto top Group G with four points from two games. Chelsea are
on three while Maccabi Tel Aviv have yet to get off the mark.
The
Londoners are also way off the pace in the Premier League and Mourinho
has criticised his side at times during a difficult start to the season.
On Tuesday night, however, he refused to "point the finger" of blame at his squad.
"I don't think my players deserve me to be critical of them apart from the two mistakes," he added.
"It's
a difficult opponent and a difficult place to play. The Champions
League brings a different emotion to matches, to the crowd and opposing
players. I think the team played well."
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