At the post-match press conference whereby, the press waited to watch the verbal sparring between the two managers, Mourinho took the initiative to praise the Forest team's performance. He gave special praise to Gareth Bale's performance after being brought on.
However, he did not admit that his team had performed badly. He thought that they were just a little unlucky.
Seemingly to prove that his words were true, Twain also praised Chelsea's good performance and said that their unbeaten record for ten rounds was not due to luck. It was because they were a truly strong team.
But then, Twain switched and said he was even prouder of his players because Chelsea had done so well. Everyone had done a great job.
He even took the trouble to mention every player individually to praise them by name. But he did not especially draw attention to Bale. He stressed that it was not an individual victory. Rather, it was a team victory.
