Mourinho Charges Chelsea With Responsibility

Mourinho Charges Chelsea With Responsibility

Posted by David Aniemeka on Monday, 2 December 2013 0

The Blues manager wants his side to rise to the
challenge of a Premier League title push as they
prepare to face three teams scrapping at the bottom
of the table
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has challenged his
side to deal with the "responsibility" of challenging
for the Premier League title.
The Blues sit second in the table, four points adrift of
leaders Arsenal, and beat Southampton 3-1 on
Sunday to record back-to-back league wins going into
three fixtures against teams battling at the wrong
end of the table.
Away trips to Sunderland and Stoke City will be
followed by Crystal Palace at home but Mourinho has
no plans to set "targets" for his side, demanding only
that they rise to the challenge of chasing down the
Gunners.
"If you are 10 or 12 points behind, you
are building but you are not fighting
for the title," the Portuguese told the
press. "If you are three, four or five
behind, you are building evolution but
fighting for the title.
"One of the things these boys have to
learn is to cope with the responsibility
of being there. We cannot be 15 points
behind by December; we have to be
there.
"Now we have two matches away and,
after that, we play Crystal Palace at
home. We are playing against three
teams which need points because of
the positions they have and we are going to have
three very difficult matches.
"I think my team is a team that prefers that I can't
say or establish targets. I can't say now I want to win
five consecutive matches, now I want to be top of the
league ... I want nothing.
"I just want to work with them and feed the young
players and I just want to feed the team because it is
a new team working with me for a few months."

Sent From David Aniemeka