Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has continued his mind games by taling a swipe at Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.
Suarez’ was not mentioned, but it was quite clear who Mourinho was talking about, following Chelsea’s emphatic 4-0 win against Tottenham.
The controversial claim came after Eto’o had won a penalty, and got Younes Kaboul sent off.
The Chelsea boss then went on a rant, about who was the Premier League’s “King of Penalties”.
Mourinho was refering to the fact that Luis Suarez, who in Mourinho’s opinion, play acts to win spot kicks.
He then stated…
He had a big opportunity in the second minute of the game, when other players with other shirts would go for a penalty and a red card for the keeper.
“Hazard doesn’t do that. He tries to go away from the keeper and he misses from a difficult angle.
“But other players in this league, in that situation, they attack the keeper. I did not see a video of Eto’o and the penalty but I want to.
“But you know the kings of the penalties, you know where they are – and they’re not here.”
The Chelsea boss then praised his striker Samuel Eto’o.
“In the second half, Eto’o was brilliant. You can speak about Vertonghen’s mistake but it was only Vertonghen’s mistake because Eto’o is there.
“If Eto’o is not there, if Eto’o doesn’t read the situation the defender or the goalkeeper will get the ball.
“Hopefully he can start scoring away too. He had some good matches away. At West Ham he played very well. He’s had good matches. The fact he scored more at home is down to his qualities.
“He’s not 20 years old super-fast player like he was 10 years ago, so he needs to be close to the goal, he needs his feet in the box and he’s very intelligent in the way he moves.
“Remember the goals he’s scored here. He created the goal against Cardiff when the goalkeeper dropped the ball, he scored a goal against WBA when Liam Ridgewell controlled the ball and he came form behind. Then on Saturday he reads Vertonghen’s mistake. He’s a fox. They are fox goals.”
Interesting stuff.
By Ben Reardon
@BenReardon1
