Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho believes that the Blues are now in a position to qualify for the knock out stage of the Champions League following their 0-3 win over Bundesliga side Schalke.
Chelsea suffered an unexpected 2-1 loss against Basel in their opening Group E game at Stamford Bridge, but bounced back to beat Steaua Bucharest 0-4 in Romania.
“I told players after match against Basel we did garbage and we have to clean it,” he told Sky Sports 2.
“We did it in the best possible way – two away wins and leading the group.
“We now have two matches at home. We are in a good position to qualify.”
Mourinho was reluctant to single out anyone player despite Spanish striker Fernando Torres scoring two goals and coming so close to a hat-trick only to see his header hit the crossbar.
Mourinho was reluctant to single out the performance of Torres, who could have had a hat-trick after crashing a header off the crossbar.
“I prefer to say we have strikers who can work for the team and can also score goals,” he said.
“Them (Torres and Eto’o) and Demba (Ba) are players with enough quality to play for us and succeed for us.”
Speaking of Torres, he added: “He’s a hard worker. He’s not someone who hangs behind the fee Chelsea paid for him.”
When asked about the incident at the weekend when referee Anthony Taylor sent him to the stands in Chelsea’s 4-1 win over Cardiff the Portuguese manager said: “What the referee wrote is true. I was not aggressive, I was not offensive. I just had a disagreement.
“That in the game is resolved with ‘shut up and sit down’, (you) don’t need to go to the stands.
“I accept the fine and against Manchester City (on Sunday) I can work.”
