Chelsea Parking The Bus?

Jose Mourinho loves his tactics to be based on firm defence, so why not kill two birds with one stone? 

Get your two banks of four as close to each other as possible, and solve that tricky issue of who should play in goal by throwing both Thibaut Courtois and Petr Cech in the net.

Lampard will never be replaced at Chelsea - Mourinho

Jose Mourinho says Lampard will have a statue at Stamford Bridge one day

Frank Lampard left the club this summer after 13 glittering years, and has since joined title rivals Manchester City on a short-term loan from sister club New York City FC.

Mourinho admits Chelsea's signing of former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas, however, will not fill the hole the England man has left at Stamford Bridge.

Speaking to Rio Ferdinand for BT Sport, he said: 'Fabregas is the player we need to modify a little bit the profile of our game. We want to give the next dimension to our game in midfield.