Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho hailed the way his side made up for their low
confidence in the win over Aston Villa.
Diego Costa scored on his return to the team, before an Alan Hutton own goal
gave them a 2-0 victory at Stamford Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
The win was only Chelsea's third of the Premier League season as they have
massively stuttered early in their title defence, and Mourinho was happy
with how his side approached the match.
"When you have bad results and you are unhappy and frustrated, sometimes
players lose a little bit of their confidence," he told Sky Sports.
"We spoke about it and the players knew clearly to compensate for that, and
until the results arrive, we need to give extra things, we need to put extra
ingredients in the game. And they did.
"The team was good tactically, mentally it was really good, we could already
see some very good performances and improvements from the last couple of
matches, so it was good for us."
The Blues now go on a run of three away games as they travel to Dynamo Kiev
in the Champions League on Tuesday, before visiting West Ham in the Premier
League and then taking on Stoke in the Capital One Cup.
And Mourinho admitted he knew how vital it was for his side to win on their
return from the international break, although he is not concerned by their
current position.
"It's always important to win, especially when the results are not good, and
especially when the position in the table is really bad," he added.
"I keep repeating, we are not afraid of being relegated - we know that in
two or three months' time we'll be in the position we have to be, in the top
five or six at least.
"But in this moment we are not there and we need points. Today we got the
victory at home - three points we clearly deserved and three points the boys
on the pitch really fought hard for."
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