Jose Mourinho was not in a pleasant mood when asked to explain his decision of leaving Eden Hazard on the bench against Aston Villa. Following the 2-0 win over Villa, Mourinho explained to the entire world about his well-known demands from his players.
Mourinho has always wanted his players to track back and help out the defense. In this case, Hazard has been the player singled out by Mourinho for not doing that and he is paying the price for it. Mourinho in his post-match conference said the following,
“I continue that way, or he comes in our direction and tries to emulate the same work that Willian and Pedro put in, I told the players that this is not the moment to think about themselves or their personal situation, a moment to moan or try to be selfish in the approach. This is a moment for the team, just the team, and nothing else.”
That is a clear warning to Hazard to get his game according to the team’s needs or he will suffer similar consequences that Juan Mata suffered couple of seasons ago, when he was sold to Manchester United.