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Thursday, September 18, 2014

Champions league as it happened


  • Chelsea 1-1 Schalke

    Diego Costa
    More from Jose Mourinho on the fitness - or lack of - of Diego Costa.
    Mourinho said: "He went to the national team and after the game against France he came back to us injured.
    "He came to us (from Atletico) and he was completely fine. He had a problem again in the national team, not with us.
    "Now we have the problem and now we have to resolve the problem the best we can.
    "Today he was not in condition to play. Sunday we believe he is.
    "Next week against Bolton (in the Capital One Cup) for sure he isn't. We have to manage the situation until the moment he's completely fine.
    "If today he starts the game, for sure he cannot play on Sunday. We have to go step by step."



  • Didier Drogba
    Nani celebrates scoring for Sporting Lisbon

  • Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, speaking to Sky Sports: "We had more than a couple of fantastic chances to win the game but we got a point. It is not the best result but it is a result.
    "In the second half they scored, we had a good reaction and I have nothing to complain about with my players. Of course he [Didier Drogba] did his job, he had a good game and a good contribution. He missed the goal by a few inches and that would have been 2-0 but football is like this. Didier Drogba is not crying because of that miss.
    "Diego Costa is not in condition to play three matches in a week. He has problems when he plays one game, he needs a week to recover and now playing matches Tuesday and Wednesday he can't do it. He was not in a condition to do more than he did."
  • Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says that he couldn't start Diego Costa tonight, he wasn't fit enough.
    Diego Costa reacts during Chelsea v Schalke
  • Championship full-time


    Bayern Munich 1-0 Man City

    Joe Hart
    Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart on Sky Sports: "We fought hard all night against a good team you know what you get when you come.
    "A here nasty deflection at the end has done us and Jerome Boateng comes back to haunt us. It would have been well deserved draw, we made them work hard for everything. I tend to be busy against German teams.
    "We can match Bayern Munich, we have some very tough games now and we have to play well against CSKA and Roma now. We're confident we can win the rest of our games.
    "Roma won 5-1? Wow. As long as Ashley Cole didn't get one..."
  • On Yaya Toure's performance: "I thought he was really disappointing tonight. I know he didn't play at the weekend because he was back late from international duty and I don't know if there was discipline problem there but that was not the Yaya Toure we are used to seeing. He was not happy and his body language did not look right."
  • Next up for Manchester City are Roma, who warmed up with a hugely impressive 5-1 win this evening. No easy games at this level of course.
    Roma celebrate their 5-1 Champions League win


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