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Chelsea boss Mourinho believes in squad depth despite Cup shocker

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists he believes in the depth of his squad, despite their FA Cup humiliation by Bradford City.

Without key-defensive trio John Terry, Nemanja Matic and Branislav Ivanovic, who were all rested, the Blues struggled to stem the flow of Bradford's second-half momentum.

But Mourinho insists he still has faith in his squad despite losing.

"Did we miss Terry's leadership? No," said the Portuguese. "We played lots of games without John. We played almost every Cup game without John. We played Bolton, Shrewsbury and Watford without John and the team coped well with the situation.

"I trust my squad. It is not because of this disappointment and this bad performance that I am going to change.

"It is easy for you to understand now why I play almost every game with the same players. I don't make many changes.

"I try to keep stability in the team. Maybe now you can understand a bit better why. I don't want to speak too much about it. This is my squad - let's move on.

"This result doesn't alter may plans in the transfer market. I'm happy to go with the squad I have. This is Chelsea always thinking and being proud of thinking of numbers and Financial Fair Play and so on.

"We cannot now go to the market and spend money. I am completely with the club. I share this idea. I don't think we are going to the market, unless someone makes a market with us."

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