‘Proves them wrong’ Jose Mourinho hits out at Manchester United star after Chelsea’s first win

Jose Mourinho was quick to address some of Manchester United’s pre-match infighting following his statement from his first win as Chelsea boss.

mourinho joined in blues After winning the Champions League with Porto in June 2004 and becoming known as ‘The Special One’ thanks to his iconic debut press conference.

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Chelsea backed the appointment with an investment of around £136 million on signings, a year after Roman Abramovich took over.

Didier Drogba, Petr Čech and Ricardo Carvalho were three big names to arrive at Stamford Bridge ahead of the 2004/05 season.

However, the then-united Defender Mikel Silvestre has expressed doubts about the spirit of the Chelsea team in the days ahead of the clash between the two sides.

“Even if you buy top international players, you need a feeling in the dressing room,” he said. sky sports,

“You don’t get that in a month, even if you’re living and working together 24 hours a day, seven days a week.”

However, Chelsea shrugged off this feeling and won 1–0 at home with a goal from Eidur Gudjohnson after 15 minutes.

So Mourinho had made a dream start to life with the Blues and did not hesitate to declare Silvestre’s words wrong afterwards.

“When Silvestre said we didn’t have time to build a big team spirit, he was wrong,” he said. Guardian,

“We were a mentally tough team today, and we had to win this match because we got three points against our direct rival.

“And I think we deserved them because of the team spirit.”

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The victory began Chelsea’s Premier League title-winning campaign in which they lost just once and conceded only 15 goals – a record that still stands today.

The Blues also won 3–1 in the reverse match against United at Old Trafford to move top of the table, 18 points behind them.

Chelsea’s league title win, their first in 50 years, along with their League Cup triumph helped mark the beginning of a highly successful relationship with Mourinho.

They retained their Premier League crown the following season, before winning another League Cup and FA Cup in 2007.

Mourinho left early in the 2007/08 campaign but returned for a second stint in 2013 after stints at Inter Milan and Real Madrid.

Chelsea won their third Premier League title with him in 2015, as well as another League Cup, before he left again at the end of that year.

He returned to management at United in 2016 host chelsea Just two days later, on Sunday, he announced the pending Arrival of Reuben Amorim as their new head coach.

Red Devils fans will be hoping that the highly-rated Portuguese coach will follow in his countryman’s footsteps and make an equally quick impact on his new team.