Chelsea beat Burnley 3-1 last night in what was described by many as very impressive with new signings Fabregas & Diego Costa excelling on their Chelsea debuts.
Mourinho has singled out the duo who were outstanding especially Cesc Fabregas who was involved in all 3 goals including a masterful chip to Shurrle for the second goal.
Jose has said the duo has lifted Chelsea to a new level and are ready to compete on all fronts as his impressive squad takes shape and already sit top of the Barclays Premier League table.
He also praised the blues strength of character after falling behind to an early goal with Turf Moor rocking on a cold Monday night, they managed to turn it all around within 20 minutes and were 3-1 up at half time. Chelsea cruised in the second half seeing the lion share of possession and bossed the tempo.
Mourinho felt that Costa was extremely unlucky when judged to have dived in the box when Burnley keeper Heaton raced out and seemed to clip him sending the striker flying, but apart from that he described it as the perfect start.
The man of the match was given to Fabregas which Jose Mourinho ‘completely agreed with’ he went on to say his Spanish midfielder controllers the tempo of the match and provided the key assists.
He told Sky Sports: “We had control of the game and in some moments we had the quality and style which we want to play.
“You gave Cesc the man of the match and I completely agree. He was the maestro and controlled the tempo of the game with (Nemanja) Matic.
“He dictated the speed and intensity of the game
“Diego did something very important for us which was the first goal. His movement and interaction with Eden (Hazard), Oscar and Schurrle was very good, although I feel sorry for him because it was a penalty and never a yellow card.”
Chelsea next fixture is at home to Leicester on Saturday and he’ll need his duo to be on song again if they are to break down the foxes defence.
By Alastair Cook
