t’s officially Winners & Losers, but it might as well be Losers & Winners as English clubs’ performance in the Champions League continues to fall short of expectation. Arsenal were the biggest culprits on a night soaked in Arsene Wenger…
Winners
Cristiano Ronaldo
He’s scored one fewer goal in his last 180 minutes than Wayne Rooney in 2015. Ronaldo’s hat-trick was also his 33rd for Real Madrid since his move in July 2009. Greedy guts.
Jose Mourinho
There were still weaknesses in Chelsea’s performance, and a better side than Maccabi Tel Aviv would surely have scored at least once at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. Yet this was a result to finally breathe some warmth back into a cold Chelsea dressing room.
It was also a personal victory for Mourinho, who dropped four senior players in Branislav Ivanovic, John Terry, Nemanja Matic and Diego Costa. The Portuguese must have gulped when Ruben Loftus-Cheek was booked after 55 seconds, and again when Eden Hazard missed a first-half penalty, but will have slept soundly in his bed.
“The team was more aggressive, with the ball, without the ball,” Mourinho said after the match. “The pressing much stronger, the lines more together.” There was an admission from the manager that Maccabi were one of the weaker teams in this competition but, right now, any win will do.
“I couldn’t imagine how difficult it would be to wake up tomorrow, ahead of a derby, after a defeat,” said Mourinho after the match. He must have smiled when he saw Arsenal’s result too. Suddenly Saturday’s game takes on a completely different complexion.
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