Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has criticized his players for their first-half display against Newcastle on Saturday.
Substitutes, Ramires and Willian both scored to salvage a 2-2 draw at St James Park, after the home side went two goals up.
“In the first half, from 0 to 10, [Chelsea were] -1. It was that bad,” Mourinho told Sky Sports.
“In the second half we played very well. Ramires and Willian moved the game. They brought more intensity, midfield pressing, more recovery, much more dynamic arriving in dangerous positions. An intensity Newcastle couldn’t cope with.
“The second half was really good. I’m very happy with the second half, really disappointed with the first half. And I have to try to understand why one team can play so bad in one half and so well in another one. In every aspect in the first half we were bad. Poor individual performances, too many. As a consequence of that, it’s impossible for a team to be a good, competitive team.”
Mourinho, who started with Loic Remy upfront, also admitted that his team missed the services of Diego Costa, who is serving a three-match suspension.
“Of course, Chelsea missed Costa. The decision to suspend him, everybody knows that we lose potential when we don’t have him,” said the Chelsea manager.
“So great decision. I have to believe so, it’s difficult to say. It’s not fair to say. I just say that he’s a very important player for us.”
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