Mourinho celebrated his 250th game in charge of Chelsea yesterday as the Blues sealed a comfortable 3-0 win over Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge.
Despite having a hamstring injury which limits his training with the side to “almost nothing” Diego Costa still managed to net his eighth goal of the season.
And Mourinho spoke about the Spanish international’s training involvement: “I don’t care about Diego’s goals. For me it’s important that the team score enough goals to win.
“I know a striker scoring goals is always nice for him and for his confidence, especially for a player like him who is not training as he should, because we are protecting him in certain situations.
“He cannot be on top of his game, but even so scoring a goal is good for his confidence.
“He’s doing almost nothing [in training]. He’s just resting and recovering from the tight muscle he has. Every time he accumulates fatigue.”
Mourinho then went on to say that he believes Costa will be fit if he is allowed to rest from international duty as Spain take on Slovakia and Luxembourg and also admits he has fears that Costa could return with a torn hamstring if his wishes are not met.
“If he doesn’t go to the national team and if he stays here 15 days just on treatment, he has the perfect chance to be top for Chelsea and top for the national team,” Mourinho added.
“If he doesn’t have this period, will be always, plays one game, the other is in trouble, the muscle is tight, the muscle is danger to rupture.”
By Phil Wellbrook