As Chelsea becomes the Premier League Champions, Mourinho says it’s his Reward for taking the risk to come back for a Second Spell.

 Chelsea Club Portuguese handler Jose Mourinho ascribed his club’s success in this year’s Premier League season as reward for taking the risk to return to the club side after his controversial exit some years before.

The Blues were crowned the champions of the season when they defeated in a lone goal match the visiting Crystal Palace. The clash was full of football actions but did not result into any goal until some minutes to the end of first-half when Chelsea forward and energetic striker, Eden Hazard was awarded a penalty after he was infringed upon and theatrically dived into box. The match’s referee, Kevin Friend over ruled Crystal Palace protest allowed the penalty to go through.

Hazard kicked the penalty for Chelsea and Crystal Palace goalkeeper, Julian Speroni saved it by punching out but a quick and decisive header from Hazard gave the triumphant deciding goal of the season the Blues had been anxiously waiting for. The 45^th+ goal by Hazard who redeemed himself from the penalty lost with a rebound threw Chelsea fans into frenzied mood of celebrations with the booing and jeering of the Blues giving way to praises for Jose Mourinho who had been irritated by the club’s supporters lack of patience and understanding.

Roman Abramovich was also caught in the frenzied mood as the Russian owner of Chelsea known for his indifference public posture celebrated yesterday by punching the air when the match referee, Kevin Friend blew the final whistle at the stoppage time.

Defeating Crystal palace was not easy, made difficult by absence of key players like Diego Costa who is nursing a head injury sustained during a collision the previous Sunday encounter with David Ospina, the Arsenal goalkeeper at Emirates Stadium. The squad also mixed the attacking flair of Ramires who took-ill shortly before the commencement of the Stamford Bridge’s match on Sunday.

The encounter that saw the Blues crowned as the Premier Leagues champions yesterday was watched by 41,566 spectators and line-up for Chelsea include: Courtois (13), Ivanovic  (13), Terry (26), Azpilicueta (28), Fàbregas (4), Matic (21), Cuadrado (23), Willian (22), Hazard (10), Drogba (11 ), Chagill (24). On substitution bench were Cech (1), Filipe Luis (3), Zouma (5), Aké (6), Mikel (12), Remy (18) and Loftus-Cheek (36).

Crystal Palace featured: Speroni (1), Mariappa (3) Dann (6), Delaney (27), Ward (2), Puncheon (42), McArthur (18), Ledley (28), Zaha (11), Mutch (22) and Bolasie (7). Benched were Hangeland (4), Sanogo (9), Hennessey (13), Jedinak (15), Murray (17), Lee Chung-yong (24) and Kelly (34).

For bad fouls, two Chelsea players Branislav Ivanovic and John Terry were booked during the match while Andrian Mariappa and Scott Dann were for Palace.

As injury and tiredness take toll on the players, Chelsea substituted Mikel Obi for Juan Cuadrado (45), Kurt Zouma came in for Willian (85) and Filipe Luis for Eden Hazard (92). Crystal Palace also substituted Martin Kelly for Adrian Mariappa (60), Glenn Murray came in for Jordon Mutch (61) and Yaya Sanogo replaced Jason Puncheon (71).

Match Statistics

Possession:  Chelsea - 38%, Crystal Palace - 62%

Shots: Chelsea - 17, Crystal Palace - 8

On target: Chelsea - 7, Crystal Palace - 1

Corners: Chelsea - 3, Crystal Palace – 6

Fouls: Chelsea - 12, Crystal Palace - 13