Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho gave himself the credit as his substitutions paid off with
Eden Hazard and Willian scoring late to grab a 3-1 win at Norwich City in the
Premier League on Sunday.
The
self-proclaimed 'Special One' is no stranger to talking himself up and he was not
afraid to stick his hand up to say his risky tactic of throwing on more
attacking power at the expense of a defender had won the three
points. Having taken a
fourth-minute lead through Oscar, Chelsea failed to build on that and allowed
their hosts back into the game with Anthony Pilkington's 68th-minute
equaliser.
Mourinho threw
on Samuel Eto'o, Eden Hazard and Willian between the 73rd and 81st minutes and
it paid dividends."If the substitutes come in and they change the game, the
manager did very well," Mourinho said on his club's website (www.chelseafc.com)."If they come in and they
make it worse, the manager made a very bad decision. In the end I always think
it is their responsibility."
Hazard struck on
85 minutes after Chelsea broke quickly from a Norwich corner, the Belgian's shot
going over the line in almost slow motion after Ruddy had pounced on it but not
stopped it.
Another
counter-attack wrapped up the win a minute later as Willian curled in a
scorching first-time shot on his league debut.
"The situation
became difficult at 1-1," Mourinho said. "We all knew that a point here would be
a bad result for us. The whole team, not just the boys that came on, and they
coped well with that pressure.
"Without losing
totally the balance, we could risk a bit and try to bring to the game different
things to see if Norwich could cope with that."I had to go with what I did. I
had to put Eto'o, Hazard and Willian on, all three at the same
time." He said the move
could have backfired as he took off left back Ashley Cole in favour of more
firepower.
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