Mourinho's Rants: West Brom (a)

Last updated : 31 October 2004 By Rich Godden

Jose said: "They were two completely different halves and the first was too bad to be true. It was the worst period since I've been manager, but the second was one of the best - it was beautiful.

"We were cool in front of the goal and dynamic - it really pleased me."

"I was really disappointed with the performance of the team (in the first half) and I could have changed five or six players. But Robben was fantastic. He is bringing something special to us and I have to protect him after being three months out.

"With Ricardo Carvalho the team was much more solid in defence and we had the chance to push up."

After scoring only eight goals in our first nine games, we have now scored eight goals in our last two games- is this to be the start of something beautiful?