article_snippet.sent: On paper Chelsea’s team sheet looked like an insult, one for the anti-football brigade to get an insult, one for the anti-football brigade beaks into after Jose Mourinho went without an orthodox striker.
article_snippet.sent: When reality bites, even Jose Mourinho biggest detractors must concede that Chelsea’s decision to leave Didier Drogba on the bench until the start of the second half was another tactical masterclass.
article_snippet.sent: Chelsea’s manager is staying true to the game
article_snippet.sent: At times you are left wondering what Eden Hazard, Willian and Oscar make of it all when Jose Mourinho starts working on team shape six days before a clash with Arsenal.
article_snippet.sent: Even so, you would not put it past Jose Mourinho — who pulled a similar stunt by playing Andre Schurrle as a false nine at Manchester United last season — to have done it anyway.
article_snippet.sent: Jose Mourinho surveys the pitch before kick-off having plotted out
article_snippet.sent: Jose Mourinho game plans .
article_snippet.sent: Eden Hazard leads a trio with Willian and Oscar that has fantasy about their play but Jose Mourinho wants function .
article_snippet.sent: To watch Hazard, the PFA player of the year, Oscar and Willian sacrifice Oscar and Willian A-game for the greater good of this team demonstrates a unique commitment to Mourinho’s methods.
article_snippet.sent: With only one game a week since Chelsea went out on away goals on March 11, Mourinho’s has used the time on the training field to prepare for Champions League matches as a one-off.
article_snippet.sent: There is no question who had the upper hand in the managerial tactical battle, and it wasn't Mourinho’s .
article_snippet.sent: A year ago Chelsea was experimental, with various formations on trial as Mourinho assembled his next title-winning team.
highlights_snippet.sent: Jose Mourinho tactics were not pretty but of deserving Premier League champions .
  