Jose Mourinho insists he sees Kenedy very much as an attacking player despite deploying him at left-back against Norwich.
Kenedy made his first Premier League start for Chelsea, who picked up a much-needed win at Stamford Bridge courtesy of Diego Costa’s second-half goal.
And Blues boss Mourinho explained that the 19-year-old Brazilian was given orders to attack and that his position depended partly on how Norwich were set up for the game.
“He’s an attacking player. He was playing in a position that was not so much a left-back,” Mourinho said.
“We were ready for them to play with four at the back, but also ready for them to play with five like they did against Manchester City.
“If they played with five, I wanted us to play with three at the back with Kenedy as a winger.
“In the end he played as an aggressive full-back going forward.”
This post was last modified on 22/11/2015
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u ppl have said alot,,,to me mou should have confidence on our youth,,,bertrand can strike but mou is a coach wu dont care about carrier dats why he sell our future player any how...issue about baba,he need time and mou should have confidence in him,,,rubben loft,kenedy,
I like Ashmir Begovic,but KENNEDY was just amazing..should be given more time to be more strong
Nice result, mourinho you ae the best
A DESERVED WIN AGAINST NORWISH BUT CHELSEA SHOULD NOT RELY ON ONE GOAL LEAD BECAUSE WE DONT HAVE A GOOD KEEPER TO TAKE US TROUGH. BEGOVIC ALWAYS CONCEDE GOALS IN MOST MATCHES EVEN WHEN HE WAS IN STOKE. AGAINST TOTENHAM IS GOING TO BE A DIFEERENT BALL GAME. THANK YOU
Kennedy played vry well against norwich. All players gave their best,but problm was with midfield. Ramires should be deployed alongside Matic and cesc to play d number 10 role, Remy should be played regularly..
He is even better than Diego costa.
Lugo from kenya
Kennedy played vry well against norwich. All players gave their best,but problm was with midfield. Ramires should be deployed alongside Matic and cesc to play d number 10 role, Remy should be played regularly..
Jose pls try to use Yong players. Like kenedy louf jenck nd Co. Am very sure we will have gud results.
Pls jose u cn nw see d need nd inportant 2 bld young stars if nt 4 d coach of shalter u wnt av seen willian ds way he was givin a chance jst lyk fenandiho d costa nd oders our young stars ar better we dnt need new signings jst work wit d once we av insted of goin out if u rili want ur team 2b dsame way dy were last years den do wit evry 1 nt jst dere eden alone bt all blues fans til death 4frm nigeria pls jose u ae d best nd nw we want 2 see d best in u once more super 11 nd super subs nd super winins
We need Ruben Loftus, Bertrand and Baba in the team. Now every team in EPL are using the youth except Chelsea....How can we win with our youth sitting on the bench and we still see Ivanovic n co still playing. From GHana
Nice display by Kennedy