A fantastic late goal from Javier Pastore left Chelsea’s hopes of making it to the Champions League semi-finals looking bleak…
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Mourinho conceded his team’s hopes of winning the Premier League were effectively over after Saturday’s defeat at Crystal Palace, his first by a newly promoted club and a result that handed the initiative to Liverpool and Manchester City in the title race
They had just one attempt on goal in the first 45 minutes, nine in the second half, and Mathieu Flamini’s equaliser was the result of fine teamwork
Mikel still has three years left on his contract at Stamford Bridge but could be allowed to leave with the abundance of talent in midfield at Chelsea and Mourinho hoping to raise funds to sign a world class striker in the summer
A second successive away loss saw Mourinho admit his hopes of a third Premier League title are over with six matches to go
In a bid to heed UEFA’s Financial Fair Play guidelines and to rein in Chelsea’s ever expanding wage bill, Mourinho will seek to cut back numbers in his playing staff and will hope to garner decent sums for a number of those he is looking cash-in on
Drogba spent eight years at Chelsea and was given a warm reception by the Stamford Bridge faithful, but he could not fire Roberto Mancini’s Galatasaray to their first win away at an English club, having now lost six and drawn three of their nine visits
Meanwhile, Nigerian international, Victor Moses, is still bench-ridden as he watched from the sidelines as his teammates taught the Red Devils football lesson before their home fans at Old Trafford
Jose Mourinho’s worries over his side suffering from fatigue failed to materialise as the Blues made light work of Fulham
Mourinho has his heart set on making it to the semis for the eighth time in 10 seasons, and to become the first manager to win the Champions League with three different clubs
Having scored 157 goals in 341 appearances for Chelsea, Drogba ensured a Hollywood ending at the club by converting the winning penalty against Bayern at the Allianz Arena
It was also gathered that the Blues manager, Jose Mourinho, is expected to allow Mikel to leave the club, which could pave the way for Imbula’s arrival.
Both managers named strong teams for the heavyweight fifth-round clash, but hosts City dominated from the off
The AFCON 2013 winner has each of those winner’s medals at home but is eager to add to them in 2014, with the trip to Manchester City standing between Chelsea and a quarter-final place
The Nigerian international has however urged his teammates to improve on their 10-point haul from bottom-half clubs, starting with the Cottagers if they are to secure Premier League survival
The visitors, ahead through Branislav Ivanovic’s first-half goal, had failed to impose themselves after the interval and creaked through the latter stages as tempers frayed. Ivanovic was booked for berating an assistant referee and had to be calmed down by his goalkeeper, Petr Cech, with other players squabbling among themselves. Chelsea failed to recover composure and eventually cracked, with Victor Anichebe securing a point which hoisted Albion above the relegation cut-off
The stalemate sees the Baggies climb out of the relegation zone on goal-difference ahead of tomorrow’s fixtures
Chelsea were poised to move four points clear at the top of the table on the back of defender Branislav Ivanovic’s injury-time strike in the first half at The Hawthorns
Jose Mourinho had labelled Chelsea ‘the small-horse’ in a three-horse title race
The one-sided victory lifted fourth-place Liverpool to within five points of Arsenal, a week before the sides are due to meet again at the Emirates Stadium in the fifth round of the FA Cup