Jose
Mourinho said his Chelsea players would not be complacent in their
Champions League tie with Maccabi Tel Aviv on Tuesday night, despite
beating their opponents 4-0 in September.
Chelsea
beat Norwich 1-0 on Saturday to end a three-match losing streak in the
Premier League and could qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League
with victory, if Porto beat Dynamo Kiev.
But Mourinho, whose side have been inconsistent at best this season, said his players were expecting a difficult game in Israel.
Jose Mourinho gestures at the pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow night's fixture in Israel
Mourinho (second from left) has reminded his players of their dissapointing draw away at Maribor last season
The Chelsea boss said his players were focussed on the job at hand as they sit on the brink of the last 16
The
Portuguese has even used last season's draw with Maribor, which came
weeks after a 6-0 win at Stamford Bridge, in an attempt to rouse a top
performance from his players.
Mourinho said: 'I spoke with the players this morning and it was simple. I gave the example of last season against Maribor.
'We put ourselves in trouble. The attitude was not the best in Slovenia and we paid the price of that.
'We
are focused on what we have to do. We are very disappointed with the bad
results we had for a significant period of time and we need to keep
getting results for our happiness, for our pride, and obviously for the
people that support us, Chelsea fans.'
Chelsea captain John Terry (right) slides in on Kenedy (left) as Chelsea train for their Maccabi Tel Aviv match
Chelsea's stars warm up at the beginning of a training session at the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Israel
Eden Hazard (centre) strikes the ball as he looks to rediscover his form in Israel on Tuesday
Mourinho refused to comment on the situation at Real Madrid or their 4-0 loss to Barcelona in last Saturday's El Clasico.
'In
this moment I see so many people speaking, especially about the clubs
in trouble, it's amazing the lack of respect, the lack of ethics,'
Mourinho said.
'If
I speak about Real Madrid, I speak when they are winning, not when they
are losing. From me, words about the Clasico. Nothing.
'I
don't enjoy other people losing matches. I enjoy my club winning
matches. I don't smile with defeats from other teams, I smile with my
victories.
'That's why I don't smile a lot in the last four, five months.'
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