Mourinho's Rants: Middlesbrough (a)

Last updated : 26 September 2004 By Rich Godden
Jose said "It does worry me a bit when we produce such good football and don't score, because then if you make one mistake that could be the winner.

"We must score more out of our quality play but we will not lose belief. The best team won, the result is fair. Both teams wanted to win but one played so well the other couldn't do better, so we deserved the victory.

"The only surprising thing is that we scored so late. The natural direction of this game was that from the first minute we would score and then add a few more to win.

"I told the players they are playing amazing and at the minute they have this self-belief and it's is a good sign the players want to win so much. I am concerned that we are not scoring enough goals, but the players are saying that one day a team will be unlucky and we will score from every single situation in a game and win four or five nil - it will happen to somebody.''

And for the first time as Chelsea manager, Jose has admitted to being worried about something! The man who seems so sure of everything revealed: "In the beginning I was worried about comparisons with Arsenal, but not any more, I'm used to it.

"I'm only concerned with playing good football and getting results. Having 17 points from seven games is a good position to be in."

It certainly is!