Mourinho, Costa Bury The Hatchet

Chelsea Boss Jose Mourinho made claims he and Diego Costa kissed and made up after their public bust-up at Maccabi Tel-Aviv.

Mourinho clashed with his striker during Chelsea’s 4-0 Champions League soccer win against the 10-man Israelis on Tuesday night.

Mourinho, Costa bury the hatchet

The Special One said: “I wanted him to make a certain movement that he didn’t. I was disappointed that he didn’t and I reacted.

“He did too. At half-time in the dressing room, a few kisses and a few cuddles. No problem.”

An ankle injury for John Terry, who was carried off on a stretcher and is now set to miss Sunday’s trip to Spurs, also took the shine off Chelsea’s win.

Mourinho, who also lost Ramires after he picked up an injury in training, claimed Maccabi’s dodgy pitch was to blame.

The Blues boss said: “The pitch was really bad. For John to leave the pitch with the score at 1-0, I know already that he’s in trouble.

“My medical department is really good. John is a special guy with a special desire to recover. But to leave the pitch with the result 1-0, I don’t believe too much that he can play (against Spurs).”

Mourinho was in playful, but confident mood following the 4-0 Champions League soccer victory over Maccabi Tel Aviv that edged them closer to the knock-out rounds on Tuesday night.

The Portuguese manager began his post-match press conference by asking journalists for a calculator so he could figure out what Chelsea would have to do to qualify for the last 16.

After pausing and thinking about it, Mourinho said: “I know if we win, we finish first. If we lose we are going to the Europa League and with a draw second place.”

The victory, against an Israeli outfit that has lost every group game so far, means Chelsea are level on points with Porto and two ahead of Dynamo Kiev going into the last round of matches in two weeks.

Chelsea host Porto while the Ukrainian outfit are at home to Maccabi.

If Chelsea and Porto draw and Kiev win, all three will finish level on points.

That would leave Dynamo as the group winners, Chelsea in second and Porto heading to the Europa League.

Having been under pressure recently after a string of poor league results left the English champions languishing down in 16th in the English Premier League table.

But the Portuguese manager, who has already won the Champions League with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010, was buoyant.

“My future, I think there are no rumours. I want to stay in the club, the club wants me to stay. For us there are no rumours,” he said.

The 52-year-old was less impressed with the pitch in Haifa, though, after his captain Terry picked up an injury and had to be replaced with Kurt Zouma.

“Such a beautiful stadium, such a great public display, (but) the surface was bad and dangerous,” he said.

“John has an ankle problem, and yes, I think it is from the pitch.”

Gary Cahill gave Chelsea a first-half lead before former Blues centre-back Tal Ben Haim was dismissed for the hosts just before the break after kicking out at Costa.

Brazilians Willian, with a stunning free-kick and Oscar added second-half strikes in the final 17 minutes before Zouma scored in injury time.

Mourinho was asked about Maccabi’s Israeli international forward Eran Zahavi, who has been linked with Premier League clubs.

“He is very intelligent in his movements. He knows how to make a run. The control inside, to have a situation to shoot,” said Mourinho, who nonetheless suggested Zahavi would need to aim a little lower than the champions.

“Not Chelsea, but surely he can play in England, for sure.” — AFP.

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