Jose eyed bigger margin
19 Oct 2006 - 07:58:44
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- Jose eyed bigger margin
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho felt his side could have won by a greater margin than 1-0 after an excellent Champions League victory over Barcelona at Stamford Bridge.
A Didier Drogba strike straight after half-time settled the issue in the Blues' favour, but Mourinho thought his team could have added further goals later on in the game.
He said: "It is a great victory, not just the three points, but the way we got the three points.
"I just feel sorry we could not kill the game before, because we had many, many chances to score the second goal. For the difference between the two sides, I think 1-0 is short.
"This is a moment to enjoy, but not a moment to be crazy because we won three points and played very well, but it is not a reason to be jumping.
"The group is a very difficult one with Barcelona and Werder Bremen.
"So the objective when we saw such a difficult group was to qualify and in this moment the objective is to be first. It is possible to do that because we have a five-point advantage.
"I saw my team play very well. I thought it was a very even first half but things changed after our goal.
"It was tough controlling Barcelona's quick counter-attacks because they were always a threat.
"But, as soon as we scored, it opened the game up and gave us a chance to break things up a bit, to break their style and dominance of play down in the middle of the field. They lost their way a bit in the second half."