Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has urged his players to find a title-winning mentality, especially for the busy festive period.
The Blues are currently second in the Premier League, four points behind league leaders Arsenal, going into the final month of the year, where games come thick and fast.
Mourinho will see his side travel to Sunderland tomorrow night before facing Stoke City away on Saturday and he knows that it is important to have the right mentality when going into busy periods.
“There is a lot of progress to be made,” said the Portuguese.
“There are things in the job that are not easy and one of them is to make the pressure of fighting for the title to be something natural.”
“We have some players here who have won the title before but they don’t win it for quite a long time and when that happens you forget it,” he said.
“We have other people that were playing in clubs not used to fighting for titles.
“This culture of being comfortable with the pressure of trying to be top of the league, fighting until the last moment and knowing that every point can make a difference – this is something you need to learn how to live with.
“It is a process. It is not something you do with a click. I want them to feel like I feel. In my career I only finish first or second and if I am not there I am not comfortable.”
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
