Jose Mourinho JUSTIFIES his team selection for Chelsea clash at West Ham

JOSE MOURINHO believes his Chelsea players are justified in starting against West Ham tonight, just three days after their League Cup triumph.

19:20, Wed, Mar 4, 2015 Updated: 19:26, Wed, Mar 4, 2015

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Jose Mourinho guided Chelsea to the League Cup last weekend

Mourinho has made just two changes from the XI that beat Tottenham 2-0 at Wembley on Sunday.

Brazilian Oscar starts ahead of Willian and Mourinho revealed his thinking behind the decision.

"The players are fine, (they had) a good reaction after the game," he told Sky Sports.

"Happiness makes miracles in terms of your fatigue and your recovery.

"The players are strong, we don't have a game next weekend and we think they are ready for this.

"So we change Ocscar for Willian because we think he is faster and a bit more direct."