Jose Mourinho was left to
reflect on a job well done
after this afternoon's 2-0
victory at Derby in the FA
Cup. Like at Southampton on
Wednesday, the first half was
entertaining and end to end, if
shorn of goals, and like at
Southampton it needed a
second-half header to open the scoring. After Michael Essien was
replaced John Mikel Obi took
the captain's armband, and, on
his 300 th appearance in a
Chelsea shirt, capped his day
with a goal, thumping home Willian 's free-kick with a
bullet header. Oscar added a second soon
after, swerving the ball past
Derby's keeper Lee Grant with
a fine strike, and the
remaining minutes were
played out in relative comfort as we eventually eased into
the fourth round, where a
home tie with Stoke City
awaits. Jose Mourinho said he was
delighted with his side's
attitude against a side going
well in the Championship… 'The game was difficult,' said
Mourinho. 'In the first half we
played quite well, we were
not far from scoring but it
was still 0-0 at half-time and
that is a big risk, because after that if the opponent scores
you are in trouble. 'They got the message that in
the second half we needed an
extra intensity. I decided to
change Essien for Eden Hazard
to bring an extra attacking
player on to make it more difficult for them. 'The team played seriously,
we won, job done.' It was a landmark day for
John Mikel Obi , in many
respects…
'I never recognise his ability
to score goals!' the Portuguese
laughed. 'I recognise his ability to play
as an anchorman, to play that
position in a very comfortable
way, with no mistakes. He
reads the game well, plays in
an intelligent and safe way, but I never recognise his
goalscoring appetite. 'There was a smile on my face
[when he scored]. For some
reason Essien gave him the
armband, normally it should
go to Ashley Cole , so maybe
it made him believe he was a goalscorer! 'It was important for us, we
were dominating and
dominating, creating and
creating but the goal was not
arriving. It was like the
winning goal.' www.chelseafc.com/news-display/FINAL-WHISTLE-VERDICT:-MISSION-ACCOMPLISHED/3605362

Sharap there Mourinho, you killed our boy by assigning him a defending midfield role instead of the attacking midfield role that made him second best behind Messi

Maybe he has now realise himself