Jose Mourinho praised Fernando Torres attitude after the striker inspired Chelsea s 3-0 Champions League victory at Schalke on Tuesday. The Spain international scored twice in Gelsenkirchen on what was his 100th start for the west Londoners as they moved joint top of Group E and consigned their opponents to their heaviest home defeat in Europes premier club competition. Samuel Etoo dropped to the bench as Torres was given the nod to start and he seized his chance by taking his tally to five goals in his last five Champions League games. Torres has come in for plenty of criticism since moving to Stamford Bridge in a big-money deal from Liverpool, but Mourinho has been impressed with his work ethic. Sam [Etoo] played well in the last game and Fernando also did today, Mourinho told Sky Sports . I prefer to say we have strikers who work for the team and can score goals. Them and Demba [Ba] have enough quality to play for us. [Torres] is a hard worker, hes not the kind of guy to hide behind the fee paid for him. Hes had some not so good times since he came here, but he always kept his professionalism and since I arrived hes always positive. Sometimes not playing so well, but always trying hard.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:55:29 +0000