Is Jose Mourinho actually a defensive manager?
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
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How Drogba Felt Under Mourinho
I actually preferred Chelsea at Tottenham's when they played Good Johnson up front. He was sort of a number 10 in a striker's body really had brilliant link-up play and instincts to drift between the lines. And you see in Mourinho the aspect of his management that really values that, just to quickly say on Drogba as well. I think if you actually look at his stats in the first two seasons, he doesn't crack 20 goals on the Mourinho. But it's not untilChelsea signed Andrei Chevchenko and he gets a little kick up the backside from an arrival that Drogba really explodes in English football.
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