Chelsea hero Demba Ba fired Chelsea into the Champions League semi finals last night, but couldn’t resist taking a dig at manager Jose Mourinho after the game.
The rare goal for Ba came in the dying minutes of the game as Chelsea were trying to overturn a 3-1 deficit in the 2nd leg of their quarter final against PSG after he came off the bench, something he has become used to doing this season.
It is no secret that Mourinho is looking to revamp his strikeforce this summer, with Ba set to be one of the casualties of the anitcipated shake up.
And Ba, who was raised in Paris, said,
“I’m not out for revenge, maybe he (Mourinho) doesn’t have strikers to his liking but I know that we have three great strikers (in Fernando Torres, Samuel Eto’o and myself) and I think that a lot of clubs would like to have them. I’m happy to have liberated us. I haven’t been given my chance much this season and I’ve taken it.”
“It’s the first time I’ve wished PSG to lose, and it’s me who scores the goal, luckily for Chelsea. I’m happy for Chelsea but it’s hard to see them lose.”
When asked about Ba’s performance, Mourinho said: ‘I’m happy for him, he’s a good guy, a good professional, a good group man.”
“The fact I played him from the bench before Nando (Torres) made him feel that he isn’t the No 3 striker.”
“His enthusiasm was fantastic and he started giving Paris problems that, normally, they don’t have in their league where it’s a different style of approach.”
By Ben Kelly
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