Mourinho: Matic injured celebrating League Cup win

The midfielder was suspended for Sunday's win over Tottenham yet still managed to twist his ankle during the post-match celebrations but will not miss the clash with PSG

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that Nemanja Matic picked up an injury during Sunday's League Cup celebrations.

The midfielder was suspended for the clash against Tottenham at Wembley and was forced to watch from the sidelines as Chelsea won the first major trophy of the season with a 2-0 victory.

However, Mourinho says Matic picked up an ankle problem in the aftermath of the victory but does not expect the problem to rule him out of Wednesday's Champions League clash with PSG.

"I will tell you something nobody knows," he told reporters. "Matic is injured and he got an injury celebrating the cup win.

"If he wasn’t suspended, he wouldn’t have played today. He got a twist in the ankle on the pitch. He will play against Paris – he will train on Saturday or Sunday."

Focusing on Wednesday's win, Eden Hazard's first-half strike was enough to down a resilient West Ham side and Mourinho took pride in the manner of the victory after Sunday's trophy success.

"I normally don’t bite my nails but I understand what you mean and I agree totally," he said.

"It’s not the best game to play after the final. West Ham are the best team at playing the way they play. We gave everything to cope with it defensively.

"We had chances to kill the game, but we didn’t. When you don’t do that against West Ham, you are in permanent danger."

Including Southampton's victory over Crystal Palace on Tuesday, every team in the top seven of the Premier League won during midweek and Mourinho underlined the need for momentum in the title race.

He added: "In every title race you have different matches to play. You have matches where you need your quality to win, matches where you need luck, matches where you need to adapt to your opponent ... today we had to adapt. It was a game where we could easily lose two points.

"We won with quality. The goal we scored was fantastic football. But when good football is not enough, we fight, we suffer together. We have this spirit from players with a profile of a good warrior.

"I won six titles with the other team and one with these guys. The other team won six titles with me and continued winning for a decade. That was the most important team in Chelsea’s history.

"Now we are trying to build. Let’s see what we can do."