Jose Mourinho will aim to balance a refreshed team with a winning one when Chelsea, still reeling from the New Year's Day loss at Tottenham, host Watford in the FA Cup third round on Sunday. Rather than send his front-line players into battle swiftly after a loss which saw Chelsea's Barclays Premier League advantage wiped out, Mourinho is likely to rotate his options after an arduous festive schedule. 'Obviously we are going to rest a couple of players. That's normal,' he said. VIDEO Jose Mourinho: Watford are a good team, but we'll rest players Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has said he will rest a couple of players against Watford in the FA Cup
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Jose Mourinho will rest a 'a couple of players' against Watford in the third round of the FA Cup
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Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois could be ruled out due to a finger injury, so Petr Cech is ready to deputise
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Mourinho would like to play Ramires so he can contiue his comeback, but the club's youngsters could miss out
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Mourinho is still to ascertain the full extent of Courtois' finger problem, but has a more than capable deputy in @placeholder, who may have played anyway.
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