Chelsea `Pesta Lima Gol`, Mourinho Puji Skuadnya Bermain `Sempurna`

Mourinho Praises Chelsea as Playing the `Perfect Game` in Swansea Rout

Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi


Chelsea `Pesta Lima Gol`, Mourinho Puji Skuadnya Bermain `Sempurna`
Kemenangan tersebut membawa The Blues unggul lima poin dari Manchester City yang akan menjamu Arsenal di Etihad, Minggu, namun Mourinho merasa kemenangan ini tidak akan membuat Manuel Pellegrini tertekan (Foto2: MailOnline)

JOSE MOURINHO memuji Chelsea telah memainkan laga sempurna usai mengalahkan Swansea 5-0 dalam lanjutan Liga Utama Inggris pekan ke-22 di Stadion Liberty, Sabtu waktu setempat.

Oscar dan Diego Costa masing-masing mengemas dua gol di babak pertama kemudian pemain pengganti Andre Schurrle mencetak gol kelima untuk kekalahan 0-5 Swansea yang terburuk dalam 24 tahun terakhir.

"Itu adalah laga yang sempurna, semuanya sesuai arahan tim kami," kata Mourinho dilansir dari ESPN, Minggu. "Mencetak gol di menit pertama membuat perbedaan langsung. Unggul 4-0 di babak pertama bukanlah akhir dari laga ini, apalagi di Liga Premier, namun kami punya situasi yang baik untuk mengontrol di babak kedua," kata pelatih asal Portugal itu.

"Saya berada di sisi lapangan mengatakan kepada mereka bahwa pada prinsipnya itu gol yang sama seperti ketika kami melawan Burnley pada pertandingan pertama musim ini," ucap mantan pelatih Inter Milan itu.

"Tim ini bermain dengan kualitas tinggi dan memiliki identitas yang jelas. Terkadang ada tim yang bermain baik namun tanpa identitas yang jelas, namun sepanjang musim ini kami memiliki arah dan cara sendiri untuk bermain sepakbola," katanya.

Kemenangan tersebut membawa The Blues unggul lima poin dari Manchester City yang akan menjamu Arsenal di Etihad, Minggu, namun Mourinho merasa kemenangan ini tidak akan membuat Manuel Pellegrini tertekan.

"Saya tidak berpikir mereka merasa tertekan," kata Mourinho. "Mereka paham bahwa mereka harus menang."

"Tidak akan menjadi masalah bagi sebuah tim seperti mereka dengan pengalaman yang mereka miliki," kata mantan pelatih Real Madrid itu.

"Saya selalu mengatakan hal yang sama kepada pemain dan mereka harus mengerti bahwa sejarah tidak akan tercipta tanpa gelar juara. Jadi jika kami bermain baik dan namun tidak punya piala dalam waktu 20 tahun maka tidak akan ada yang mengingat tim ini," kata dia.

JOSE MOURINHO says Chelsea played the "perfect game" as they underlined their Premier League title credentials by sweeping aside Swansea 5-0 at the Liberty Stadium.

Oscar and Diego Costa both scored twice in the first half to put Chelsea in cruise control before substitute Andre Schuerrle grabbed a fifth goal 11 minutes from time to ensure Swansea suffered their heaviest home defeat for 24 years.

"It was a perfect game, everything went in our direction," said Mourinho. "To score a goal in the first minute makes an immediate difference. To be 4-0 up at half-time is not game over, especially in the Premier League, but it's a good situation to control and we did that in the second half.

"I was on the bench saying they were similar goals in terms of principles as the one we scored against Burnley in the first game of the season.

"The team is playing with high quality and has a clear identity of playing. Sometimes teams are good and play well without the clear identity, but all this season we are going in a certain direction and have a certain kind of way to play football."

Chelsea's win opened up a five-point lead over Manchester City, who entertain Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday, but Mourinho feels Manuel Pellegrini's chasers will take the result in their stride.

"I don't think they feel [pressure]," Mourinho said. "They have to win but they know that. We don't feel pressure, we feel responsibility, and for them it's not a problem.

"A team like them with the experience they have - much more than us - it's not a problem.

"I keep saying the same to my players and they have to understand it, there is no history without titles so if we play fantastically well and we don't win cups in 20 years time no one will remember this team.