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Jose Mourinho praised the performance of his side following a hard-fought 3-2 win away at Hull City, a victory which restores our six-point advantage at the top of the Barclays Premier League table.
The Blues had taken the lead inside a minute courtesy of a wonderful Eden Hazard strike, and better was to come when Diego Costa scored his 20^th goal of the season to make it 2-0 shortly afterwards.
Two goals in the space of a minute, however, scored by Ahmed Elmohamady and Abel Hernandez, saw Hull restore parity, and it was always going to take a spirited second-half display for us to head back to London with all three points.

We reacted well after the break and were on the front foot for much of the half, with the winner coming in the 77^th minute as substitute Loic Remy, with his first touch after coming on, scored the decisive goal, and Mourinho felt we were worthy winners.
‘We let the lead go but we played fantastic football with the ball from the first minute,’ said the Blues boss. ‘When at half time it’s 2-2 and you want to win the game, the most important thing is to play how we did from the start, that’s what I told the players. There was no point analysing details and mistakes. We had to get back to playing the football we lost in the last 15 minutes of the first half.
‘From the first minute of the second half we went back to quality football, creation and movement. Sooner or later the goal was going to arrive.
‘In the second half we played, there was a difficult situation on the break when Thibaut had to make three saves in a few seconds. After that we created and tried everything, so I think we deserved it.
‘If we didn’t win the game after the way we played we would have had the same feeling as Southampton. Today by winning we got what we deserved and it’s a good feeling.’
Mourinho acknowledged Hull’s second goal was a collective mistake defensively
‘If we tell our goalkeeper every time he has a back pass to kick it in the stands the second goal wouldn’t happen but we don’t do that. He tried to play, lost the rebound, the defenders didn’t open a passing line to play from the back and it’s a goal. Everybody was unhappy. It was just a question of stability, emotional control and playing.’
He explained why Diego Costa was taken off late on
‘It’s a hamstring injury. When a striker is playing, the team needs a goal to win the game and he says it’s over for him, it’s over. He tried to play the Champions League final with Atletico and was injured, he has that fragility, we know his hamstring is not a strong one. He works hard in the week to compensate for the weakness he has there but the injury can come. We have Remy and Drogba, we never cry about injured players so let’s move on.’
Mourinho praised the impact of Remy
‘Every time he plays he’s there. He probably deserves more than what I’ve given him. Sometimes a coach can feel he owes something to a player and with Remy that’s the case. I think I owe him something, every time he plays he gives us a lot, I’m so happy for him because he deserves it.’
The Portuguese remains confident his side can go on and win the title
‘The title race should be over, in normal conditions Chelsea should have eight, ten or 12 more points than we have but football is unpredictable. The reality is that we have a six-point lead, the best situation we’ve had all season.  The maximum distance we had was eight points but at that point we had 20 matches to go. At this moment we have a six-point lead with one match in hand, which could help us or not. I’m pretty confident, I believe in my players, I believe we can do it but I know it’s difficult.